Sunday, April 16, 2006
Sign of the Times
“I'd like to talk about this painting. I find this painting disturbing.”
So began the controversy over the painting Study for Pilgrim Mural that hangs in Provincetown, Massachusetts’s Town Hall.
Apparently, Selectwoman Sarah Peake objected to the painting because it did not include any women in the scene.
Isn't there a statute of limitations on political correctness somewhere?
As noted by the painter’s granddaughter, “I think it’s trying to change history. What do the selectmen want to do next, take down the statute of Iwo Jima…because there’s no women in it?”
So began the controversy over the painting Study for Pilgrim Mural that hangs in Provincetown, Massachusetts’s Town Hall.
Apparently, Selectwoman Sarah Peake objected to the painting because it did not include any women in the scene.
Isn't there a statute of limitations on political correctness somewhere?
As noted by the painter’s granddaughter, “I think it’s trying to change history. What do the selectmen want to do next, take down the statute of Iwo Jima…because there’s no women in it?”
