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GOOD EVENING.
JUST SIX HOURS IN AND THERE IS
ALREADY A MAJOR CONTROVERSY
BREWING AT ART PRIZE.
SHOULD THIS SCULPTURE OF SADDAM
HUSSEIN BEING HUNG BE ALLOWED TO
STAY?
THE ARTIST SAYS YES, BUT THE
OWNER TOOK THINGS INTO HIS OWN
HANDAS AND THREW IT INTO THE
DUMPSTER.
WE HAVE THE LATEST ON WHAT HE
HAD TO SAY.
Reporter: HE
SAID HE WAS INFURIATED WHEN HE
SAW THE WORK.
HE SAID IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE
AND SPECIFICALLY HE SAID IT IS
NOT A PLACE FOR POLITICAL
STATEMENTS.
HERE IS IS THE VIDEO.
THIS IS SADDAM HUSSEIN LYING IN
THE TRASH.
AN EFFIGIY CREATED BY THE
ARTIST.
HE HAS BEEN AT THE BOB BEFORE.
THE HUGE BIRD CAGE THAT IS AT
THE THE BOB HAD THE HUSSEIN
EFFIGY HANGING IN IT.
EACH DAY HAS SOMETHING IN THE
CAGE AND THERE ARE TOPICS
DISCUSSED LIKE SUICIDE AND
BEASTALITY, THINGS HE SAID IS
NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE FAMILY
FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AT THE BOB.
HE WAS SENT A A WARNING LETTER
SAYING TO REMOVE IT OR THEY
WOULD.
GILMORE SAID HE THOUGHT THE TWO
HAD AN UNDERSTANDING.
YOU WORKED WITH HIP BEFORE
AND YOU THOUGHT --
THAT WE WOULD HAVE A QUALITY
PIECE OF ART.
WE DID NOT HAVE THAT.
SO WE REMOVED IT HAPPILY.
Reporter: HERE
IS AN E-MAIL EXCHANGE WE GOT OUR
HANDS ON.
PLEASE CONSIDER ART IS ART AND
IT IS SUIS FOESED TO BE --
SUPPOSED TO BE PROVOKING AND CAN
BE VISUALLY UPSETTING FOR SOME.
THIS IS A COUNTRY ABOUT FREEDOM
AND EXPRESSION AND THROWING THE
ART AWAY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR
THE BOB AND ART PRIZE.
THEY SAY THE ISSUE IS REALLY
BETWEEN THE VENUE AND THE
ARTIST.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE ARTIST.
WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO KALAMAZOO
AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM HIM AT