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Coggs362 t1_j5ug5l2 wrote

The absence of their heads really alters it so far beyond any appreciation for me that it renders the whole exercise as an incomprehensible waste.

Would it have been so hard to reduce its size by 25% if it meant including Dr. King and his wife?

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ABKzay t1_j5upyle wrote

This was my main gripe. We already have a lack of representation when it comes into black/African American people in American history. Now that we get a statue, it can’t even show faces? In 30 years, if it’s still up, how can anyone look at a picture of that statue and know it has anything to do with black love? I’m happy for the statue, and the symbolism, I just feel like it wasn’t done tastefully

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adieumarlene t1_j5vxvmk wrote

I agree that lack of representation is an issue and understand the point you’re making - but I think it’s made more complicated by the fact that Black artists are also vastly underrepresented in public art, and this is the work of a contemporary Black artist. I don’t think one issue negates or cancels out the other, it just feels complex.

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ABKzay t1_j5vzr2j wrote

It’s very complex, especially as we are talking about a subject is nothing but opinions and interpretations. But I couldn’t agree more. I’m happy that black artists are producing more black art for us to experience, I just feel like the statue turned out how it did (headless) because it’s black and that’s why my complaint is what it is

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Archj52 t1_j5un457 wrote

The photograph itself is iconic and powerful. I have absolutely ZERO artistic / architectural background yet I may have looked at the 3D rendering and may have come to the conclusion that.... ya, the layman looking at this is going to have absolutely no clue what they're looking at.

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