Lawsuit over L.A. mural painting to be settled
1/5/2008 18:07
The US government and 11 other defendants have agreed to pay US$1.1
million to settle a lawsuit over a mural on a downtown Los Angeles building that
disappeared two years ago.
Los Angeles artist Kent Twitchell said yesterday
that he has settled his lawsuit against the federal government and others for
painting over his six-story-tall mural "Ed Ruscha Monument," a symbolic portrait
of a fellow artist.
The settlement is believed to be the largest awarded
under the US Visual Artists Rights Act or the California Art Preservation Act,
both of which prohibit removing certain works of public art without notifying
the artist.
Art consultants said it still may be possible to restore the
mural, which was created between 1978 and 1987 and painted over in June
2006.
The US government will pay US$250,000 of the settlement. The other
defendants include contractors and subcontractors responsible for managing and
maintaining the federal government- owned building, which houses the Los Angeles
Jobs Corps Center.
Xinhua
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