Comments on: City Council Vote on Dreiseitl Delayed

By: Marvin Face

Marvin Face — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:37:05 +0000

oops. Typo on my name.

By: Marvfin Face

Marvfin Face — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:46:00 +0000

I think the One Percent for Art is a great idea and one that we should hold on to. That being said, the Dreiseitl deal has been a HUGE fiasco that has turned many people off and set up sides in an argument that did not need to occur.

I still feel badly that, contrary to Ms. Parkers public stance, local artists were not considered and she went with an artist for name only. This latest incident of Dreiseitl not being available due to his schedule was inevitable. A comment above makes it sound like $730,000 is a lot of money but for Dreiseitl this is actually very little compensation compared to what he is usually involved with. This project was so small that he has never made it a priority and likely gave it to one of his student interns to fuss with. Our little project here in Ann Arbor is a fruit fly in his wine. Imagine what we could have had if an up and coming local or regional artist poured their entire creative energy into this. But the stormwater is over the dam and we will move on. I hope everyone at the art commission remembers this the next time they go get an artist.

One thing this project has done similar to Grand Rapids ArtPrize is to get people talking about art and debating it. At least it’s not being ignored.

By: ROB

ROB — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:53:28 +0000

Talk about tone-deaf politicians… these folks take the prize for hutzpah, if nothing else. They should be falling all over themselves do completely undo this entire clueless misstep, lest it prove their own political undoing. What a complete waste of public funds, and what a complete betrayal of the public’s trust!.

By: Alan Goldsmith

Alan Goldsmith — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:38:56 +0000

“Dreiseitl is currently working on a project in Singapore, was very busy, and it has been difficult for the art commission to reach him, Parker said.”

Lol. I’m sure he’s ‘very busy’ now that he’s cashed his AAPAC check.