[NetBehaviour] This is outrageous! Can anyone do anything?

[Alan Sondheim]

Dismantling might not be the issue so much as destroying the work, at least
according to Architectural Digest. Any additional information would be
appreciated.

Thanks Alan

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:26 AM Johannes Birringer <
Johannes.Birringer at brunel.ac.uk> wrote:

> dear all, - thanks Alan for finding this notice, I am saddened to hear
> they will dismantle the Kara Walker Fountain.
> nNot sure whether one can object. I would have thought artists these days
> (i remember Richard Serra troubles vaguely)
> have contracts, no?
>
> "Fons Americanus" is a bizarre, provocative and powerful installation, I
> was lucky to see it before the museums closed.
> I photographed Walker's "dedication" as it is so beautifully written, and
> attach it for you here
> along with a photo I took. I remember trying to sit down close to it, on
> the edges, to study some
> of the figures, but the guard asked me to step back. There were three
> other visitors, photographing,
> recording the water. The guard allowed. Is it not strange that we don't
> look at work anymore except (also) through our
> devices?
>
> And public monuments, in public spaces, oh la la. I am rereading Robert
> Smithson's "Passaic" to
> be cheered up.
>
> Johannes Birringer
>
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>
> (I knew Kara at the Atlanta College of Art; I don't believe this:
>
>
> https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kara-walkers-fountain-at-the-tate-modern-to-be-destroyed
>
> Damn!
>
> - Alan
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