I’d probably share Jason’s lament that the public sculpture Partisans has been removed from Boston Common only, embarrassingly enough, I somehow have never even noticed it before. I would disagree, however, with his populist characterization of the cultural battle at hand:
It’s not the last time someone will hear "they didn’t fit" coming from a resident of Beacon Hill.
The removal of Partisans represents not a struggle between rich versus poor, but one between a traditionalist bourgeoisie and parts of the bourgeoisie attracted to a politically vanguard, modernist art. Now belonging pretty much to the latter, I’m saddened and annoyed when Boston chooses ugly bronze monuments over Calderesque public art, faux brownstone architecture over new design vernaculars, and "history" over relevance. But let’s be honest about who’s not fitting in here.
UPDATE: Third Decade voices his dismay at the statue’s removal.
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