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Sunday, October 10, 2004

DUMB SHIT THAT ARTISTS SAY


Third in a series.

[for background, see UD,10/7/04]


---"Miffed artist doesn't want to correct misspellings.
Muralist offended by 'nasty' criticism of Livermore piece."
San Francisco Chronicle, October 9, 2004 ---


...'The artist said the names were spelled correctly on her sketches, but she got them wrong as she was doing the piece. She admits noticing "Einstein" was misspelled but choosing to go forward anyway.

"I just wasn't that concerned," she said. "None of us are particularly good spellers anymore because of computers. When you are in a studio full of clay, you don't give it much thought.

"When you look at Michelangelo's David, do you point out that one (testicle) is lower than the other?"


Earlier this week, the Livermore City Council voted 3-2 to pay Alquilar $6,000 to fix the misspelled names. State law prohibits removing or changing public art without the artist's consent.

The city debated leaving the misspelled names and creating a game where visitors try to find them -- an idea that angered Alquilar.'