Someone stole a banner from the new 'Flag' outdoor exhibit (LA)
By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on August 30, 2015 at 4:10 PM
updated August 31, 2015 at 11:40 AM
"Flag," an outdoor art exhibition on Jefferson Davis Parkway near Canal Street was finished Friday (Aug. 28), in time for the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 flood. When night fell, someone stole one of the 52 painted banners in the exhibit, said Morgan Molthrop, a spokesman for the project,
The banner, by New Orleans artist Keith Duncan, depicts a musician with an X-shaped National Guard flood inspection symbol in the background. Molthrop reported the theft to the police and plans to provide extra surveillance of the outdoor artwork ...
Most artists produced banners with Katrina anniversary themes. Because of the proximity to Confederate memorial statues on Jefferson Davis Parkway, a few artists used their banners to make anti-racist statements. Manjarris accepted all contributions as a collective illustration of the current New Orleans zeitgeist.
Manjarris became a well-known figure in New Orleans post-Katrina recovery period. In 2008, he and fellow artist Peter Lundberg founded Sculpture for New Orleans, a nonprofit organization that provided scores of outdoor sculptures by regional and nationally known artists across he city. The idea was simply to brighten the battered cityscape and it has been a success ...
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