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 Title:
Peace Pole
Artist:
Members of the Quaker Meeting
Commissioned
by: 5615 S. Woodlawn Quaker Meeting
Location:
5615 S. Woodlawn--Outside Quaker Meeting house
Medium:
Metal
Commentary:
The Quaker religion is famously pacifist. Quakers won't fight
in any war. In 1998 there was a conference at the Quaker Meeting
House and the people there decided to set up a small monument
to their belief in peace. Since the Quaker religion also emphasizes
simplicity, they did not hire an artist or make something big
and shiny. They bought a fence post, painted it white and wrote
short statements about peace around its sides.
Is a painted fence art? Decide for yourself.
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