BERNSTEIN, FRED A.-- NEW YORK TIMES Art/Architecture Section, page 26 Sunday, June 6, 2004 This Old Museum: The Aldrich Builds a New Home for Artists to Wreck While the new building was under construction, the Aldrich presented a friendly face to the community: a fiberglass sculpture by Nina Levy called “Big Baby.” Harry Philbrick said: “We have this ongoing project, where we invite artists to make work to display on Main Street. It’s a tough assignment, because it has to be good drive-by art.” When Ms. Levy proposed the baby, Mr. Philbrick recalled, “We loved it, because we were about to have our own baby – metaphorically: the new building.” The piece has been controversial. “People wanted to know if it was an abortion symbol, pro or con,” Mr. Philbrick said. “It got vandalized over the holidays – it was a high school kid who had been knocking down mailboxes, stuff like that. And we had to take it down into an auto body shop to be repaired.” COPYRIGHT 2004 The New York Times Company LINK TO NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE REFERENCE ONLINE |