Public Art Story, Pictures Stir Questions, Leave Mystery

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Last week I wrote a cover story about the struggle for funding, suitable sites and public respect faced by artists trying to create public art, specifically contemporary sculpture, in Evansville.

The story, which ran Aug. 2, included Courier & Press photographer Bob Gwaltney's pictures of some of Evansville's public art pieces, and we are running a slide show on our Web site. Gwaltney's photographs can be seen at courierpress.com online.

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Public Art Story, Pictures Stir Questions, Leave Mystery

The story discussed the vandalism that's marred or destroyed some of Evansville's pieces, and the bureaucratic disregard that placed sculptor John McNaughton's monumental, light-hungry aluminum coil, "The World's Largest," in the shadows of The Centre with a trash co...

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