San Mateo Daily News: 'Spiropod' scrapped---artist sues, wins $150K for removal of his sculpture without consent
A San Mateo homeowners association's decision to say goodbye to Andrew Werby's "Spiropod" sculpture without his consent has resulted in a six-figure settlement for the artist. Werby noticed that the 11-foot-high bronze work he created in 1982 for the Gramercy on the Park condominium complex at 555 Laurel Ave. was gone when he drove by the complex during Easter weekend in 2006.
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Spiropod? Sounds like the monster of the day in a Power Rangers episode. Fred Pilot found this nugget.
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Related: Richard Serra's Tilted Arc debacle in NYC.
A higher profile case w/ different outcome:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/flashpoints/visualarts/tiltedarc_a.html
and
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D71E3BF931A35755C0A96E948260
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