Comments on: Recession mural stirs controversy

By: Carter snipes

Carter snipes — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:58:13 +0000

Floyd,

Location as well as subject matter is very important when it comes to Public Art. Public Art has to balance to creative expression of the artist with the tastes and attitudes of the community. If this were on an alley wall in an industrial corridor, we wouldn’t even have this conversation. But I still like this piece.

By: FanGuy

FanGuy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:40:41 +0000

If I ever need computer repair, I sure won’t be using ALB Tech. Awful judgment in allowing this to be painted on an exterior wall.

By: One

One — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:03:28 +0000

I found his website
http://www.WhosHam.com

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:43:15 +0000

Glass is speaking death over the city with an image such as this. It doesn’t really do much good for the community at all! If you constantly spout negativisms, then that is exactly what you get.

Why not use your good talent and speak life to our city, and offer a hope that we can overcome as one people? Speak life into your situation and the situation has no choice but to improve. Glass – get your CRAP ART out of our city, because RICHMOND WILL OVERCOME!!!

By: nate

nate — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:36:57 +0000

Just remember that even though he said he was going to take the mural down, he also said that he was going to replace it with one that is probably going to be just as unique and questionable.
Even though people are saying this is horrible, it does depict what I hear coming out of people’s mouths all the time! Draw on because it definitely gives us something to talk about!

By: mark brady

mark brady — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:44 +0000

Not that Glass wants suggestions but the piece would be more effective and defensible if he’d used a staple gun or a rolled up master card statement. Maybe a cake mixer, or a bunch of tulips. I’ll shut up now.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:28:51 +0000

I’m with Ren Schmidt on this one. My father passed away in exactly this manner, and not over something as relatively trivial as losing a good job. Art may be in the eye of the beholder, but this is just a bit over the top and out of place. Virtually no one would want this mural in their neighborhood. At an art gallery perhaps, not on the back of a wall

I know people that have been laid off, their thoughts have not been what the artist portrayed.

By: Scott Dickens

Scott Dickens — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:27:54 +0000

You’re either part of the solution, or you’re part of the problem. This offers no solutions or commentary – I don’t know anybody who’s committed suicide because business is a little down. The only suicide rate I read about is our military’s, which is up dramatically. Things don’t get better because of fear.

Regardless, this seems like a TALENTED artist expressing HIS frustration…that doesn’t mean that its in good taste in a public forum. Why not do a print from this or take it to a gallery, where the artist can be showcased in an appreciative environment? Who knows, he might be seen and hired.

By: Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:45:40 +0000

Bad taste all around: 1) the painting, 2) the outrage over it, and 3) the apparent compulsion to report on it. Incidentally, the “historic nature of an older and popular district” doesn’t have any relevance to the issue.

By: Mural Will Come Down | RVANews

Mural Will Come Down | RVANews — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:16:07 +0000

[...] Richmond BizSense has the story of the new mural painted on a Fan business that has brought criticism and demands for removal. The mural–entitled Recession 2009 and painted by Hamilton Glass–features a man in a business suit with a revolver cocked at his temple. It is depicted on the back of ALB Tech–a computer repair and website design shop at 1208 W. Main St. [...]