Posted on 01/15/2019 9:13:00 AM PST by bitt
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will remove an art installation featuring a nine-foot tall statue of Saudi Arabias flag from the World Trade Center campus.
We have been in contact with the 9/11 Memorial and various stakeholders, and in full collaboration with the artist will relocate the exhibit from its current location, a spokesperson for the organization told Observer on Monday. We believe this solution respects the unique sensitivities of the site and preserves the artistic integrity of the exhibit.
Created by French sculptor Laurence Jenkell in 2011, the exhibit Candy Nations depicts countries in the G20 Summit as candy statues, and has been featured at over 25 sites across the world. After Observer reported on its arrival at the World Trade Center, many Americans were shocked to discover a statue celebrating Saudi Arabia had been erected on the Ground Zero plazagiven the Kingdoms alleged involvement in harboring terrorism, and that 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers were Saudi Arabian.
Having respectfully understood the art component of it, I was offended that Saudi Arabia was represented there, particularly that close to hallowed ground, Tim Frolich, a permanently disabled survivor from the World Trade Center attacks, told Observer. Theres no support out there for it from the 9/11 community.
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With the koran used as wallpaper.
Is the stuttering drunk holding up the old man or vice-versa?
Run out these Muslim buggers!
Alahwahoo Snackbar!
....they did it in Paterson NJ too (candy)...
THIS WAS NOTHING MORE THAN MOCKING.
True
On the other hand, here's a genuine but little known one:
New York's forgotten Russian Teardrop monument to the 9/11 victims...
... from Russian citizens.
"A sculpture celebrating Saudi Arabias place in the G20 Summit was erected on the World Trade Center grounds last week, a stones throw away from the 9/11 memorial.
Shaped to resemble a piece of candy, the nine-foot-tall statue bears the Kingdoms emerald flag emblazoned with the Arabic inscription, There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet."
It’s gloating, triumphalism. They’ve been doing this kind of stuff with various peoples against whom they’ve carried out some kind of atrocity for hundreds and hundreds of years. They’ll never stop. We’ve rejected this attempt, and I think a previous one, but they’ll wait a while and try again later, over and over and over again, until finally they have a statue of Osama bin Laden standing tall over One World Trade Center Street.
And it's "reinforced" with the sword, in case anyone might challenge the statement. Meanwhile, truth is its own defense.
Here is a good place: 38º37'39"N 63º27'51"W
Their Allah is Satan.
Coat it with pigs’ blood and a nuke and “relocate” it to Mecca.
The saw various “candy” nation flags last year throughout the PABT. Not art.
Funny how the author forgot to include the inscription that accompanies this “artful” statue....”Allah is the one true God and Mohammed is his prophet.”
The WEST is in a suicide mode and prefers to be destroyed first.
But we continue to allow it to thrive in our country.
Who is the stupid one?
I didn’t know that existed. Thanks for posting it.
You would be wrong
However, Saudi is a valued ally.
The action is in New York City that is not really America any more. The mayor has led the city away
I gotta say, that is a strange one. Tear drop is not what comes to mind...
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