A juvenile prank or someone's opinion of what is or is not art? It doesn't really matter. What matters is that someone felt compelled to make off with a large sculpture installed in front of the financially troubled Chapel Hill Museum on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, NC.
The sculpture was on lease from a Florida artist and intended to be on display until October of this year. It is gone. Surely someone noticed it being removed or has seen it someplace where it doesn't belong...which is anywhere except in front of the Chapel Hill Museum.
Come on boys and girls. This is art theft even if you prefer Rodin. Chapel Hill is fortunate enough to have a dedication to displaying public art in public places. For some reason there are always those who think it is a challenge to remove it. On previous occasions, when public art, or even art that is on personal property, has been "moved" it has always been found in a friend's garage or a fraternity house. Let's hope this will be the case this time as well.
The Town of Chapel Hill is offering a reward of $250 for information leading to its return. Personally I think you should provide any information you might have for free. How embarrasing for our lovely community that there is always somebody who thinks their fun is more important than our town's commitment to making our public spaces pleasing. And if you are one of those who didn't like this particular choice of art...you only had to wait until October.
Click the picture below to go to the Town of Chapel Hill website for a better look at the sculpture.
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Hi SarahGray,
It sounds like a high school prank.... Your Orange Lady will come back, after the prank is over!!! Good Luck!!! ;>))
Some juvenile prank. I remember as a child (ish) I did a few of these but never actually took something! Nice title though...was thinking maybe a new comic character - Orange Juice Lady!
SarahGray - what a shame. Hopefully it will be returned, undamaged.
Jeff
Somehow I don't think they will be fencing it real soon. How can it not show up.
Sarah - theft and vandalism is a blight on any community and unfortunatly usually reflects on the community as a whole when often it is a few individuals who are responsible.
SarahGray Vandals broke nto the largest water park in the area, broke into the food locker and threw it all into the pool. They threw in umbrellas, chairs, tables, etc. The pool was closed for three days to empty, scrub and sanitize. That haven't been caught yet
It seems the pranksters are out and about. Summer boredom. One of our local parks had all of the playground equipment smeared with peanut butter. Someone might say what's the big deal with peanut butter? Allergies! Kids can be deathly alergic. They had to close down the park scrub & sanitze the equipment and some of it had to be removed from the site for industrial cleaning. Such a shame.