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For the past two months, the enormous mural of a colorful, crouched figure (pictured above) in Dewey Square on the Rose Kennedy Greenway has been the subject of intense media and public attention.
Measuring 70 by 70 feet, the mural that the public has dubbed “The Giant of Boston” is the work of Os Gemeos, twin brothers and artistic collaborators Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo from Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Full disclosure: The mural was commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art as part of our Os Gemeos exhibition.)
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Things took a dramatic turn when local TV news station FOX-25 picked up the story. Their segment began with the anchor stating that the Os Gemeos mural was at “the center of a controversy … Some are comparing this image to the image of a terrorist.” The segment ended with the reporter noting that she was sure “we had not heard the end of the story yet.”
Never mind that this isn't even remotely connected to "terrorists," but it's interesting to see a certain double-standard here from these Conservative commentors. Laugh at and mock Muslims' offense at the Muhammad film and rant about censorship and freedom of expression, then get sensitive and try to remove a mural because some idiots think it's connected to terrorists.
For the past two months, the enormous mural of a colorful, crouched figure (pictured above) in Dewey Square on the Rose Kennedy Greenway has been the subject of intense media and public attention.
Measuring 70 by 70 feet, the mural that the public has dubbed “The Giant of Boston” is the work of Os Gemeos, twin brothers and artistic collaborators Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo from Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Full disclosure: The mural was commissioned by the Institute of Contemporary Art as part of our Os Gemeos exhibition.)
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Things took a dramatic turn when local TV news station FOX-25 picked up the story. Their segment began with the anchor stating that the Os Gemeos mural was at “the center of a controversy … Some are comparing this image to the image of a terrorist.” The segment ended with the reporter noting that she was sure “we had not heard the end of the story yet.”
Never mind that this isn't even remotely connected to "terrorists," but it's interesting to see a certain double-standard here from these Conservative commentors. Laugh at and mock Muslims' offense at the Muhammad film and rant about censorship and freedom of expression, then get sensitive and try to remove a mural because some idiots think it's connected to terrorists.
