The Value of Controversy

I was right, this horse still ain’t dead!

The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer is conducting a Public Art Poll here. There is also an article on the subject that includes this quote from Tom Wade, chairman of the Muscogee County Library Board's art committee: "If it's not controversial then we will have failed miserably…"

Whoa… old Tom has got his hubris in a lather again! Does art have to be controversial? Must it look and smell like a dog pile for it to be worthy of presentation? Should the price represent the art, or the preferred lifestyle of the artist?

By Tom’s set of standards, if the public had approved, the art would have been worthless... or maybe just a bit cheaper?