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‘Coexistence’ exhibits vandalized in USA It features works by 42 artists from 19 countries, in 38 nine-by-fifteen -foot images dealing with differences between people and cultures. The Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem created the exhibit, and since its debut there it has toured through Europe and South Africa, before coming to the USA. "The issue of Coexistence relates to the issue of what constitutes a civil society and how one maintains it," said the organization’s press release. "In Europe the issue is called 'globalization,' with many nations now asking 'who is a Frenchman,' 'who is a Swede' and so forth after witnessing waves of new immigrants from the Muslim world, Asia and Africa. America is undergoing the same changes as Europe [and] there is a very high level of intolerance and racism." |
[28 Jun 2004]
MINNESOTA - An international "Coexistence" art exhibition
to foster tolerance and equality, continuing touring the United
States in June and July, bearing the scars of an attack by vandals
in Florida.
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The tour met with some resistance during its Florida run. All of the works were "either slashed or painted with racial epithets prior to its grand opening celebration in St. Petersburg," organizers say. "Event organizers decided to leave the exhibition as it was (although covering the epithets) as a statement about why the exhibition was needed in the first place." Among speakers at various gatherings connected with t |