[lbo-talk] Artist beat up

Kevin Robert Dean qualiall at adelphia.net
Sun May 30 10:21:53 PDT 2004


Gallery Owner Attacked for Iraq Abuse Art

2 hours, 13 minutes ago

By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco gallery owner bears a painful reminder of the nation's unresolved anguish over the incidents at the Abu Ghraib prison — a black eye delivered by an unknown assailant who apparently objected to a painting that depicts U.S. soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners.

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The assault outside the Capobianco gallery in the city's North Beach district Thursday night was the worst in a string of verbal and physical attacks directed at Lori Haigh since the artwork was installed at her gallery on May 16.

San Francisco police are investigating and have stepped up patrols around the gallery. But Haigh decided to close the gallery indefinitely, citing concern for the safety of her two children, ages 14 and 4, who often accompanied her to work. Full: <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=487&e=7&u=/ap/prisoner_abuse_painting>



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