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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May 5th, 2008 at
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.
May 6th, 2008 at
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.
May 6th, 2008 at
[...] 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. [...]
May 6th, 2008 at
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/
May 6th, 2008 at
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
May 6th, 2008 at
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.