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Woman Accused In Art Destruction Bonds Out
Destroyed Artwork Will Not Be Replaced
POSTED: 12:57 pm MDT October 7, 2010
UPDATED: 10:58 pm MDT October 7, 2010
LOVELAND, Colo. -- The controversial artwork that was destroyed Wednesday at the Loveland Museum/Gallery has been removed and will not be replaced, city officials said.The controversial artwork was a panel that protesters said depicted Jesus Christ in a sex act with a man and the word "Orgasm" written in the back. In the picture, Jesus was shown as a woman, wearing a dress.The panel, which measured about 7 by 7 inches, was part of a 12-panel color lithograph by Stanford University professor Enrique Chagoya. The work, titled "The Misadventures of the Romantic Cannibals," included comic book characters, Mexican pornography, Mayan symbols and ethnic stereotypes.
The artwork that was destroyed was not the original. It was a lithograph print that cost the museum $3,400.Witnesses said a woman entered the gallery Wednesday with a crowbar hidden in her coat. They said the woman broke Plexiglas protecting the art display and then she tore up the print.Police arrested the woman, Kathleen Folden, 56, of Kalispell, Mont. Police said Folden is a truck driver who drove to Loveland specifically to destroy the artwork. An anonymous person posted her $350 bail Thursday afternoon and she bonded out of jail."Remember that God is real," Folden said after her release.Jail officials said several people called the jail Thursday offering to bail out Folden.Folden's attorneys indicated Thursday this will be a case about anti-Christian hate speech and religious intolerance."We look forward to representing Kathy. We're proud to represent her," said attorney Cliff Stricklin. "And we should be asking why the city of Loveland would have deliberately endorsed such a provacative, insensitive depiction."The remaining pieces of the artwork were removed by police as evidence.Loveland city officials said the Loveland Museum/Gallery is open during normal hours.
Previous Stories:
- October 7, 2010: Police: Woman Attacks Controversial Art In Loveland
- October 6, 2010: Town Divided Over Art Depicting Jesus
- October 5, 2010: Jesus Art Protesters To Confront City Council Tonight
- October 1, 2010: Critics Protest, Say Jesus Art Pornographic
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