David Ascalon Sculpture

Groundbreaking Artists' Rights Case Filed in U.S. Federal Court on the 20th Anniversary of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

BUREAUCRATS MUTILATE PUBLIC SCULPTURE, ARTIST SEEKS REDRESS IN U.S. FEDERAL COURT

PHILADELPHIA - When noted artist David Ascalon's towering "Holocaust Memorial for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania", just blocks from the state capitol, was dedicated in 1994, he could not have imagined that a dozen years later, his name would be grinded away from the sculpture's base. Nor could Ascalon have envisioned that his most cherished creation - one which he designed to honor the millions who perished at the hands of the Nazis - would have been mutilated through drastic modification at the whim of a bunch of bureaucrats. But that is precisely what happened.

Ascalon, however, was unwilling to permit this violation of his moral rights to go unchecked. Through his legal counsel, the artist rights' attorney Jason B. Schaeffer, he has filed a groundbreaking suit under Congress' Visual Artists' Rights Act of 1990 (VARA) - a law enacted to protect against such destruction - in Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Through this action, Ascalon seeks to compel restoration of this important public artwork to its original design.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE POST:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/28/29182.htm

COPY OF COMPLAINT IN ASCALON v. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, et al.:
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/28/Holocaust.pdf

IMAGES OF SUBJECT SCULPTURE "BEFORE" AND "AFTER":
http://img824.imageshack.us/g/cpreredodetail.jpg/

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For more information, contact Eric Ascalon by phone (U.S.) at 856-220-0522 or via email at eric@ascalonstudios.com.

CONTACT:
ERIC ASCALON
GENERAL MANAGER
ASCALON STUDIOS, INC.
Ph: (U.S.) 856-220-0522
email: eric@ascalonstudios.com