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| 2023-05-09 326 The True Story of a Stone (2023), Lenka Clayton; PAFA, Philadelphia |
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20. For 67 years, 2300-year old Demeter stood on her plinth, weathering 67 winters and absorbing 67 years of industrial and automotive pollution. Under these conditions, Demeter's soft white patina gradually shifted through a thousand shades of gray to black. . 21. A newspaper article from the time reported that "barely one in 1,000 people olooks up at the sculpture." One of the people who did look up was a man from the Philadelphia Department of Building Inspection, who raised questions about her structural integrity. . 22. Marble experts used a machine to send sound waves through the body of the statue. She was found to be cracked and was declared a danger to passers-by on Broad Street below. . 23. A local scuptor was asked to give an estimate to remove her from the plinth by cutting her body into pieces. His bid of $250 - a quarter of the cost to remove the body whole - was accepted. |