Artist Says Censorship of Public Exhibit Shows 'Lack of Understanding'

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Katherine Talcott, curator of the exhibit that included Loyola-Garcia's work, praised her as a nationally and internationally respected artist, and said she didn't feel that the video was "inappropriate for the location" at PPG Place. However, Talcott says that a representative from Grubb & Ellis told her that the video did not represent the company well and that it was "inappropriate for their audience."

"Is someone going to censor and cover up portraits at the Carnegie Museum of Art?" she says. "Are you going to go to Florence and cover up the statue of Michelangelo's 'David'? I don't think so."

TRAF's [Lindsay Clark] explained that the video would not be an issue if it were in an art gallery. She also says the video is being moved to "a more appropriate location" on the third floor of the TRAF gallery, at 937 Liberty Ave. "That decision should have been made from the start," adds Clark.

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Artist Says Censorship of Public Exhibit Shows 'Lack of Understanding'

Carolina Loyola-Garcia took some friends to 2 PPG Place on June 3, to show them a video she made to display as part of the Three River Arts Festival.

* She was proud that the piece was being shown in the windows o...

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