The Tilted Arc Controversy: Dangerous Precedent?
ISBN: 9780816692729
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Serra Richard 1939 -- Tilted arc; Public sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York -- public opinion;

Since its installation at and subsequent removal from New York CityOCOs Federal Plaza, noted sculptor Richard SerraOCOs Tilted Arc has been a touchstone for debates over the role of public art. Installed in 1981, the 10-foot-high, 120-foot-long curved wall of Cor-Ten self-rusting steel instantly became a magnet for criticism. Harriet F. Senie explores the history of Tilted Arc, including its 1979 commission and the heated public hearings that eventually led to its removal in 1989. She examines the tactics of those opposed to the sculpture and the mediaOCOs superficial and sensational coverage of the controversy, reframing the dialogue in terms of public art, public space, and public policy."


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