public art process - the Boston Women's Memorial

Thoughtful piece in the Boston Globe criticizing Boston's latest public art commission, the Boston Women's Memorial. The author goes into the commissioning process at some length, and it is a great example of the problems of working at the level of a 'public' in this day and age. One additional point - "Today, there's an aesthetic disconnect between the Boston area's great museums and universities and the city, a mood of mutual skepticism and mistrust."

posted: Jan 1, 2004