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01-16-2017, 10:17 AM
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Controversial cops-as-pigs painting officially coming down at Capitol
A piece of student artwork depicting police officers as pigs will officially be removed from the wall at the U.S. Capitol, a lawmaker told CNN.
Controversy over the painting by a Missouri high school student caused a national uproar in recent weeks as members of Congress took turns taking the artwork down and then rehanging it.
Rep. Dave Reichert, R.-Wash., who objected to the artwork, told CNN that House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office informed him Friday that it will be taken down after Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday after an official determination it violates Capitol rules.
The painting features a violent confrontation between police officers and African-American citizens, evoking the riots following the police shooting in 2014 of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Mo.
It won an annual art competition in the congressional district of Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo. Each member of Congress holds a similar contest each year, with the winning works typically displayed in the Capitol without incident. Not this time.
"The Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity to celebrate the creativity of students in every corner of our country — and visitors from around the world see their talents on display when they walk through the halls of our Capitol," Reichert said in a statement to CNN.
"However, with any competition there are rules, and these rules exist for a reason. This painting hung in clear defiance to those rules and was a slap in the face to the countless men and women who put their lives on the line everyday on behalf of our safety and freedom."
Reichert said he asked the architect of the Capitol to review whether the painting broke the rules, which state: "Exhibits depicting subjects of contemporary political controversy or a sensationalistic or gruesome nature are not allowed."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/14/painting-police-pigs-officially-coming-down/96584024/
Controversial cops-as-pigs painting officially coming down at Capitol
A piece of student artwork depicting police officers as pigs will officially be removed from the wall at the U.S. Capitol, a lawmaker told CNN.
Controversy over the painting by a Missouri high school student caused a national uproar in recent weeks as members of Congress took turns taking the artwork down and then rehanging it.
Rep. Dave Reichert, R.-Wash., who objected to the artwork, told CNN that House Speaker Paul Ryan’s office informed him Friday that it will be taken down after Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday after an official determination it violates Capitol rules.
The painting features a violent confrontation between police officers and African-American citizens, evoking the riots following the police shooting in 2014 of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Mo.
It won an annual art competition in the congressional district of Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo. Each member of Congress holds a similar contest each year, with the winning works typically displayed in the Capitol without incident. Not this time.
"The Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity to celebrate the creativity of students in every corner of our country — and visitors from around the world see their talents on display when they walk through the halls of our Capitol," Reichert said in a statement to CNN.
"However, with any competition there are rules, and these rules exist for a reason. This painting hung in clear defiance to those rules and was a slap in the face to the countless men and women who put their lives on the line everyday on behalf of our safety and freedom."
Reichert said he asked the architect of the Capitol to review whether the painting broke the rules, which state: "Exhibits depicting subjects of contemporary political controversy or a sensationalistic or gruesome nature are not allowed."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/01/14/painting-police-pigs-officially-coming-down/96584024/