[Peace-discuss] Re: [Announce] [Peace] Fwd: [stop] ACTION ALERT: Arraignment for Mark Nepermann Tomorrow

[Nora Whipple]

I say get Heap of Bird's restitution from the U of I and legal reciepts out and let that be the cost he seeks restitution of.
 
NEW 

--- On Thu, 7/2/09, John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com> wrote:


From: John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Announce] [Peace] Fwd: [stop] ACTION ALERT: Arraignment for Mark Nepermann Tomorrow
To: "Neil Parthun" <lennybrucefan at gmail.com>
Cc: "Court Watch" <announce at communitycourtwatch.org>, "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>, "Jenifer Cartwright" <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 12:18 PM


Amusing.  This reminds me of many discussions/arguments I've had with people regarding what is "art" and what is not.  I say let the jury decide the value.  Not that what I say carries any weight.

John Wason




On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Neil Parthun <lennybrucefan at gmail.com> wrote:



>From the June 27 News Gazoo:



Two different professional appraisers valued 12 similar Heap of Bird "Native Hosts" signs in British Columbia at $120,000, or $10,000 each. One of those appraisals, by a Canadian appraiser, was given to the Champaign County state's attorney's office.


State's Attorney Julia Rietz said the appraisal will not affect her decision related to the charge against Nepermann, a recent UI graduate. "It's not proof to me of the value of these signs," she said of the ones in Urbana.


She instead based her decision on an invoice, given her by the UI police, from the American Logo and Sign Inc. in Moore, Okla., that the signs for the Urbana public art exhibit were sold to Heap of Birds for $88.65 each. The artist had the signs manufactured at the company.


"This is the evidence that I have of the value of these signs and simply because Mr. Heap of Birds attributes a higher value to them doesn't mean I can use that as proof in court," Rietz said.


Heap of Birds said the "Native Hosts" signs are fine art and that the value of a work of art is never based on the cost of materials or the manufacturer's cost. Taken into account are many factors, among them the concept behind the work, aesthetics, the prices of previous sales of the artist's work and his or her reputation.



Solidarity,
  -N.


Neil Parthun
  Sports/politics writer, UC-IMC || www.ucimc.org



"Early in life I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise." - Malcolm X

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