Device to Root out Evil (removed)

First installed in Vancouver, BC, Canada this art piece was deemed too controversial for the city and was later relocated to a park in Calgary, Alberta.The piece is a 25-ft tall, aluminum framed, red glass shingled church turned on it's head, the steeple pointing into the ground. It was designed by American sculptor Dennis Oppenheim, who said that:“Turning the church upside down makes it more aggressive, but not blasphemous.” Though commissioned by the President’s Panel on Art, the…

Street Art

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Calgary