She is an artist... She is not a politician... She obviously is no expert on spin control and forming a decent argument for herself like the chattering heads we watch on TV all day. Maybe that's why I spent so much time chattering away on this thread. She just seems like some apolitical woman who is getting caught up in a political firestorm, but doesn't have the experience to defend herself. Oddly, I think that the people denigrating her work will only make it more popular. In the art world no publicity is bad publicity. There are a lot of fakers and hacks in the art world that look at negative publicity as a goldmine. I don't think she is one of those.
I ar a Rtist, It aint aportant Af I cud spel gut r not!
Ef u ar aginst My Rt, thun Yu ar a Raysist! Mos Likly a
Honkey Fat Whit Boy. I got payd Tu mak a Piktur fur thea
Liburry and Thets whut I did.
She didn't advertise her artistic arrogance. She claims to be sensitive to the intellectual needs of the community.
http://www.maria-alquilar.com/2level/2installation.html
Installations
Maria believes that the most important elements that should exist in a Public Art Work are the following:
The work must have universal appeal for the users of the site on all levels, intellectual, emotional and spiritual.
The users of the site should be considered at the planning stage.
The visitors to the site must be able to interact with the art at one or more of the aforementioned levels.