After removing the top two cars, the whole sculpture was torn apart. Dustin Shuler’s Spindle is dead. This is the saddest day in public art ever. I can’t think of anything else to say.
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I can’t believe it. I thought the whole ebay thing was a hoax, or publicity. They actually destroyed it with a backhoe in the middle of the night. To be replaced with a Walgreens. Because we don’t have enough of those. Amazing.
The Ebay thing was bizarre. I contacted the seller and the response he gave me was flip, unprofessional and didn’t answer my question at all. I still doubt that the Ebay auction was actually legitimate, and if it was, it was handled in a way that I believe was negligent and possibly intended to discourage or confuse potential buyers.
[...] Video of wrecking crew taking down Justin Shuler’s car-kabob sculpture, Spindle, in Berwyn, Illinois—under the cover of darkness—to make way for a fucking Walgreens. [...]
The artist’s name is DUSTIN, not Justin.
And here is a link to his galleries page on him-
http://www.correiagallery.com/artists/shuler/
How awsome would it have been to get the Spindle for Pedro. We could have put it on the city land opposite from the Welcome Park
Ries – you should refer the correction to C-Monster. That’s not a comment, it’s a trackback.
I don’t link to gallery sites for artists here (because the links die/change sometimes), I generally only link to either personal sites or Wikipedia pages when referencing an artist. Dustin should probably have a Wikipedia page, given that the Spindle has a page of its own.
[...] My fetish for new and better limbs continues, and I must share. I know the guy just has his hand in the glove and he’s tethered to whatever is powering it (It was 1965, give science a break), but man, if it were backpack mounted, I’d have the perfect means to both live out my personal Warhammer 40K fantasy or to get my revenge on those spineless creeps who tore down Spindle in the middle of the night. [...]