Bird Sculptures Anger Students

An artist with a one-person show has found himself in the middle of controversy. UConn Students have called the sculptures “racist,” and one senator said the art show was “the most controversial issue we’ve ever had to deal with.”

The controversy comes from Randall Nelson’s installation at the University of Connecticut’s Homer Babbidge Library, where according to the Hartford Courant, “[s]ome of the 15 pieces in the show he has spent years preparing have been moved, rejected or altered. And [where] the Student Board of Governors took the unusual step of declaring that the show should be moved out of the library, where it was scheduled to be on display through May 15.”

Adding insult to injury, Nelson’s work won’t just be moved to the William Benton Museum of Art, but it will also have limited stage presence. It appears the Benton Museum is operating under reduced hours thanks to the current recession. Deaccessioning anyone?