A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander has been beheaded at the University of Houston.
A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander — one of a handful of public pieces by the celebrated artist — has been beheaded at the University of Houston.“Witness,” a larger-than-life, 18-foot golden statue of a levitating woman, was originally commissioned by the Madison Square Park Conservancy in Manhattan and an appellate court of the Supreme Court of the State of New York nearby.
Earlier this week, as Hurricane Beryl moved through Houston, it was revealed that the sculpture had been severely vandalized and the artwork’s head removed, an event Sikander believes was captured on surveillance cameras. In a statement emailed to CNN, Sikander said she holds the university accountable and wants the “violated” work to be shown without cover as a “testament to its power.” “This was a violent, hateful, and misogynistic act,” the artist said in a statement to CNN.
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