burn it...
Posted on 12/01/2011 3:59:59 PM PST by mandaladon
City officials are in the process of figuring out a future for a large mural in the center of City Hall park, which served as a gathering spot for protesters during the 58-day Occupy L.A. demonstration.
Olga Garay-English, the executive director of the city's Department of Cultural Affairs, said she received a call from the mayor's office Wednesday afternoon about the mural.
"The mayor's office recognizes that this has historical significance so we're working together to make sure that we come up with a good and appropriate solution," she said.
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The plywood was originally meant to protect a historic white marble fountain, built in 1933 and restored in 2006. The fountain is dedicated to Frank Putnam Flint, a United States senator who helped initiate construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.
One side of the plywood now features a large purple octopus, with a crown of the Federal Reserve building, its tentacles clutching a circular ball with a home inside of it.
Garay-English said the mural appears to be a group effort, and is "in the spirit of what's been happening out there."
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"Maybe storing it isn't the only option," she said. "It would be interesting to work with an organization here to display it."
Others in the art community felt that the mural should be preserved as well. Carol Wells, the executive director for the Center for the Study of Political Graphics based in Los Angeles, said the mural will be a "tangible reminder of this movement."
"For that reason alone, I think it must be preserved," she said.
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This is really no big deal...just paint over it.
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Is’nt that special? Does the preganant skank in the pirate bandana go with it?
Let me try that again:
Isn’t that special? Does the pregnant skank in the pirate bandana go with it?
It is and so do I.
burn it...
what’s the deal with the comments section on the LAT site and other sites where you can only post if you have a facebook account?
My suggestion: Send it to Camp Pendleton. The Marines can use it for target practice.
Hey, there's an essential job for a city that's tens of millions of dollars in debt. Let's keep paying Ms Garay-English at all costs.
I wonder if the “mural” includes the grafitti gang insignia I am seeing all around town reading simply, “Mecca.”
Not Mecha..... MECCA.
L.A. as in LaLa Land.
"Department of Cultural Affairs"? LA has "culture"? Who knew?
What’s the over/under on the time it takes to get tagged?
It looks like a paintball target to me.
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