Volume 29, Number 19 · December 2, 1982
Eyewitness ARTnews
By Elizabeth Hardwick
Sculptors who accept commissions for work in public areas have been wearing bulletproof vests. 'That's for after it's in place and unveiled,' Billy DiCaro said recently. DiCaro was awarded his contract over the objections of most of the members of the Indiana Art Board (IAB). By some fluke the chairman of the board, Ruth Sarkington, had been given a 'kill' right in the contract and so she was able to overrule the board and appoint DiCaro. Sarkington (since replaced) said a lot of members of IAB were composers of opera and, to quote, 'while there is a renaissance in opera areas in Indiana, I don't see what that has to do with the renaissance we want in Wabash Park.'
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