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By KATHERINE ROTH
.c The Associated Press
NEW YORK (Sept. 18) - A statue of a falling woman - designed as a memorial to those who jumped or fell to their death from the World Trade Center - was abruptly draped in cloth and curtained off Wednesday because of complaints that it was too disturbing.
[red] WHO THE HELL COMMISSIONED IT?[/red]
``We apologize if anyone was upset or offended by the display of this sculpture. It was certainly not our intent. The piece will be removed this evening,'' said Suzanne Halpin, spokeswoman for Rockefeller Center.
[red]Oh, those assholes...[/red]
Eric Fischl's bronze, ``Tumbling Woman,'' depicts a naked woman with arms and legs flailing. It went on view about a week ago in the lower concourse at Rockfeller Center and was supposed to remain on display through Monday.
[red] And THEN where does it go? [/red]
Numerous news photos captured images of desperate people leaping to their deaths as the 110-story towers burned.
Some passers-by in Rockefeller Center complained that the sculpture was too graphic.
[red]Apparently only "SOME" people know what is proper.[/red]
``I don't think it dignifies their deaths,'' said Paul Labb. ``It's not art. It is very disrupting when you see it.''
[red]This guy is OK, he realizes a spineless form of "art" when he sees it.[/red]
``The sculpture was not meant to hurt anybody,'' [red]No, it was meant to get this "artist"s' name recognized...[/red]Fischl said in a statement. ``It was a sincere expression of deepest sympathy for the vulnerability of the human condition. Both specifically towards the victims of Sept. 11 and towards humanity in general.''
[red]Fucking Asshole...Why didnt he he just make an "art" piece of mangled/vaporised human body parts then?[/red]
Some onlookers said there is a need for art that captures the horror of Sept. 11.
[red]These onlookers should be sent to Iraq a few seconds before it turns into a sea of molten glass...Art should not be used as a substitute for PAYBACK.[/red]
``I don't think that it's done in bad taste,'' Christine Defonces said before the statue was covered. ``It's an artist's reaction to what happened.''
[red]No, you fvcking whore...Someone in your world actually COMMISSIONED it...it did not "JUST SHOW UP" in the gallery...It takes months of planning and executing to make a large bronze statue like that. Someone got paid for it, as these "artists" need to eat.
This isnt a rant on all artists, just the ones who try to pass their crap off as an "expression" of something. [/red]