It’s criminal.
Committees that select “art” for public display are the biggest bunch of gullible idiots on earth. They invariably pick the ugliest, most hideous crap they can find.
And the contract is awarded to a reputable artist, that’s also a donor to the Clintons?
Virginia spends way too much on its governor and former senators.
Yawn. Yes, Yawn. Not that it’s not despicable, but we’ve been hearing these stores of government waste for decades and nothing ever changes. They simply do not fear the People.
the purchase of art by the government is artist welfare
It’s perfectly obvious that Obama has put people in charge of the VA who are contemptuous of our veterans, who enjoy insulting them, who get off on spitting in their face and laughing while they do it.
Only a fool would think otherwise.
Of course, we live in a day in which the head of the VA could give a speech explicitly condemning US veterans as patsies and baby-killers, and everyone in the MSM would leap to their feet to justify those remarks and explain that they didn’t mean what they actually said.
I think I can say with some confidence that the “art” the VA bought using that money is mostly junk, even though I haven’t seen any of it. That said, there is a legitimate need for artwork and other decorative touches in hospitals, particularly those hospitals that treat veterans. Art, good art, brings humanity to a space, and tempers what can otherwise be an oppressive and overwhelming environment. Veterans in particular can suffer wounds that the non-military cannot truly understand, and some of those wounds aren’t physical. For someone like that, good art can be a true healing tool, and one that can be more effective than any doctor.
Were I ever given the opportunity to sit as the Secretary of the VA, my art policy would be to first purchase some artwork from veterans, because their artwork conveys experiences and messages that only other veterans can understand, but mix it in with good reproductions of classical works from most periods up to the late Romantic, and works from inspiring schools such as “Romantic Realism”, which are often hopeful and optimistic, something many hospital patients need to see.
Oh, and one other thought: I don’t know what the policy is for artwork in places like VA hospitals, but sculptures in a hospital for the blind make a LOT more sense than paintings. If the sculptures are sited where they can be touched, then I don’t have a problem with it.
However, if they’re fenced away, or are some oversized modernist abstract thing where most of the sculpture is unreachable, then yes, that would be pointless and a waste of money.
The VA Salisbury, NC hospital recently put up a high,fancy wrought iron fence with brick pillars.
Reason?
Curb appeal?
/s
Such caring “administrators”. Let Veterans die of neglect yet spend money on decorations. These criminals should be arrested for their ghoulish disregard for those under their purported “care”. What a pathetic joke. Who are these idiots? What are their email addresses?
Our VA had its own police department with a full motor fleet, electric tricycles no one rides, officers in uniforms who literally do nothing all day long ... unless someone asks them for directions. The VA embodies the “if we don’t spend our budget we wont keep our budget” logic ... on steroids.
The reality is Obama and the Dems love the suffering and deaths of vets because the majority aren’t Democrat voters.