>I am so ditching my liberal principles as far as this
>issue is concerned:
><http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1458080.ece>http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1458080.ece
Lordy. And people were worried about Banksy's elephant:
>The L.A. Animal Services Department orders its
>removal from a live elephant used as part of a downtown art installation.
>By Carla Hall
>Times Staff Writer
>
>September 18, 2006
>
>After a few days on display in a downtown
>warehouse, an elaborately painted live elephant
>was washed down Sunday by order of the city's Department of Animal Services.
>
>Tai, a 38-year-old female Indian elephant, had
>been painted trunk to tail as part of a downtown
>art exhibit. The installation consisted of a
>living room scene complete with furniture,
>painted walls and a chandelier, with Tai
>painted in the same red and gold pattern as the
>walls serving as a physical embodiment of the
>metaphorical phrase "the elephant in the room."
>
>The exhibit of odd pieces by outlandish British
>artist Banksy opened Friday to the public and
>was scheduled to close Sunday evening. The show,
>titled "Barely Legal," attracted crowds of
>visitors but angered animal rights activists and
>Ed Boks, the general manager of the city's
>Animal Services Department even though the
>agency had granted the permits for the
>elephant's appearance. (Boks said earlier he
>would reevaluate the permit process to avoid
>"this kind of frivolous abuse of animals.")
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-elephant18sep18,0,2331751.story?coll=la-home-headlines
photos of the elephant and celebs, etc. here:
http://art.blogging.la/archives/2006/09/banksy_ad_naseu.phtml
http://www.banksy.co.uk/index2.html
http://www.supertouchblog.com/?p=317