Beached Canadian Artwork Sparks Controversy
Last week sculptor Ray Boudreau told a Times Colonist that “it’s absolutely 110% my carving” and supporting his claim he provided photos of a sculpture he executed in 2017 which the Times Colonist writer called “a strikingly similar sculpture.” Boudreau said he used a simple hammer and chisel to shape the distinctive face before the stone vanished from the beach. What happened next is the controversial bit. After Boudreau’s comments became public, according The Guardian , “the museum quietly deleted the blogpost and any other references to the discovery.” This “apparen...