Late last January:
A new sculpture honoring the ancient female serpent deity Mami Wata has replaced the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on the public square in New Orleans. The governing leaders of New Orleans felt that a new direction for the city was necessary, as has been reported:
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“Ultimately, the artist felt, as we did, that because the original placement of the Robert E. Lee atop the pedestal was one of power and domination—the statue had loomed over the city, symbolizing the tyranny of white supremacy—that this new work should be closer to the level of the individual…”
(*Originally an African deity, and still worshipped there by various names, Mami Wata worship in the West is primarily found among Voodoo practitioners across the Caribbean).
The Mami Wata sculpture was only a temporary exhibit, to be removed in August. I haven’t yet heard what replaced it.
Univ of Saigon 68
Mami Wata is temporary, huh? Maybe they can replace it with a Lipchitz. Here’s one from Philadelphia, called ‘Government of the People,’ but when I had to walk past it every day to get to work, I always referred to it as the Jacque Lipchitz Memorial Pile of Dog Shit.
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ED
This is all foretold in the Bible. The Christian God and faith will be torn down and replaced.
Lee Also
“Temporary” until the try to remove it, and then there will be much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth over the “racist” effort to quash expressions of “other” culture, blah, blah, blah…
UNIV OF SAIGON 68:
While I totally agree with to about the Lipschitz looking like a pile of dog poop, it’s a better scripture than the Mami Wata thing.
Steve (retired/recovering lawyer)
I have always felt that no truer statement exists than this: You can take the Negro out of Africa but you can’t take Africa out of the Negro.
Hairless Joe
re Lipschitz: Yep, that’s one precariously placed pile of poop. I’ve seen it. Compared to that, Oldenburg’s Clothespin is positively elegant. For relief though, you can truck down to the Museum of Art where Diana floats placidly over the stairway.
gwbnyc
Lipschitz’s name was originally Dogschitz.
ruralcounsel
I eagerly await the graffiti-ing, wanton damage, and physical disrespect this replacement for a glorious monument deserves.
To paraphrase a song … if I had a rocket launcher.
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