Posted on 06/16/2018 2:53:51 PM PDT by Morgana
My Mom always told us kids when we entered a shop “You break it, you buy it even if it takes you a hundred years,” so “you must be careful.” She had me so afraid of going shopping and accidentally breaking something just by bumping its table or shelf that she probably regretted it later as I never developed a girl’s usual love for shopping, but rather harbored fears about having to buy some unwanted item.
But it worked like a charm- Mom could have turned any one of us loose in that building and this would never have happened because we would never have tried to pull on or touch anything we had no interest in purchasing or ability to purchase.
On the other hand, this statue had BOOBIES and this young child is a BOY... and it looks like he has a healthy interest in BOOBIES... so it may have been irresistible to him.
I’ve got two words for whoever placed the sculpture on the pedestal:
Museum Putty
How old was that kid? And he never tried that stupid move at home before?
How much could courts expect them to pay each month?
Come on!Really?
This is the kind of child who ends up crushed under the TV set or book shelf.
I think the artist or facility is trying to rip the parents off for $128,998.00
This family has obviously neglected the child’s “theatrical litigation education.” If he’d been trained properly, he would have thrown himself on the floor alongside the statue and started crying about his back and neck and how he’ll be crippled for life and begging someone to call Dewey, Cheatum & Howe.
Exactly my father who is an attorney would say that Center was so lucky that child saved them a worse fate.
A few years ago it was me, not my kids, who destroyed a museum piece (by accident) in a foreign country.
Even though there was a loud thud, I managed to get out of the museum, get my family out, and get out of the country before being noticed.
...now do I ever go back?
Tomahawk Ridge Community Center has a Bank of America savings account containing $95,000.
The account number is HT6729KL74900.
The password is PASSWORD.
Please do not take the money,
or they will sue you!
Thanks
If it’s priceless “artwork”, or high end “artwork”, it should be insured. Who displays such objects insecurely, is at fault, if it is accidentally knocked to the floor. Accidents happen; that’s what insurance is for. In this case, the sculpture IS insured, and it was NOT secured or enclosed in any protective manner. And it was GLASS; the kid could have been cut to ribbons. Insurance would have been liable for any damages of THAT kind, as well. Anyone who has kids knows they can get away from you and get into stuff pretty quick. This was a wedding reception, where guests are family and friends. You don’t glue a five year old to your hip in those situations; you keep your eye on your kids, while watching them gravitate towards each other and play, while you adults visit with each other. Anyone who thinks the insurance shouldn’t have to pay, either has no kids, has the most unique kids in existence -— ones that have weird gold halos hovering over their heads, or has kids too afraid of the world (or their parents) to act like normal kids.
Safety first! That thing was NOT secure and shouldn’t have been displayed in that manner.
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article213160979.html
In fact, longer video shows other children also stopped to gawk & touch the statue. No surprise! It was just a matter of time before it fell. “Art in public places”, especially in such a busy family community center, should certainly be better secured. The artist should have overseen its secure installation, esp since he says it is only “on loan”.
“Whose yelling at my son?” Really, CBS Baltimore??
Insurance. What the owner of the sculpture did was irresponsible.
Meh, the artist SAYS its worth 132k. He ever sold another one for that kinda price? And putting a glass sculpture on a pedastal, in a community center that does birthday parties and weddings? And it isn’t tied down in any way? That’s a scam. I wouldn’t give him a penny more than 2k
“Whose yelling at my son?”
Good catch, are you an English teacher?
Exactly! There is no way that ugly junk is worth that much to anyone, had to wait for someone to break it to have any possibility of getting that much for it.
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