Putin Art

[Jane Knox]

I have been following the Putin Art discussion with great interest and would like to add the furor that arose in Maine when Governor Le Page removed a mural from a Government Labor Department building in Augusta Maine because he felt that it favored workers and unions and not entrepreneurs..  Here is the most recent link about the history of this public battle of art.

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/14/labor_mural_removed_by_maine_gov_back_on_display_2/

Jane Knox
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine

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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Putin Art

> Meanwhile, it ought to be recalled that in medieval monarchies the
> fool/jester (clown?) was immune - he could say what he liked, and was
> untouchable.
>
That this existed in ancient times is shown by the story of David in the
Philistine kingdom.  When the king was going to kill him, he escaped
killing by feigning madness.  The king merely expelled him saying "don't
I have enough meshuganahs in my kingdom?"
Jules Levin

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