State Capitol, Olympia, Washington
- Artist/Author/Producer: Don't remember artist. Work was commissioned, public art.
- Confronting Bodies: Not sure. Work was in Senate and House chambers. Paintings.
- Dates of action: ca 1990. Got national media attention.
- Location: State Capitol bldg. Walls of Senate and House spectator galleries.
- Description of the Art Work
- The work was described by some as being sexually explicit,
as I recall. It was largely abstract design that was
site specific and the design had to fill odd-shaped wall
panels within the House and Senate chambers. People claimed
that the abstract designs represented human genitals, as
I recall. I saw the work, and could see what they were
referring to, but in no way found it blatantly apparent
that anything sexual was being represented.
- Description of incident
- I read about the controversy in some of the art
magazines at the time. I don't know anything about
the details of the incident.
- Results of incident
- As far as I know, the work is still on view. I
seem to recall that it was covered for a while
after it was installed, but I may be confusing
this incident with some others that I have read
about in the past.
Source: Articles in the various "Fine Art" magazines at the time. J.L. Schuller (Austin, TX)
record no: s41