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Article: Welcome to the Hotel California ... when signs ain't sculpture.(Castro Valley, CA, removes welcome 'sign-sculpture' commissioned by Alameda County Arts Commission Committee on Public Art after public outcry)(Brief Article)
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- Insight on the News
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- December 22, 1997
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When the Alameda County Arts Commission erected a $100,000 `sign sculpture' at the entrance to Castro Valley, residents weren't happy. Once again, the public decided it didn't like modem art.
They've taken down the welcome sign in Castro Valley, and the 60,000 residents of the largest unincorporated city in California aren't sure they want it back. It's not that the townspeople aren't friendly. They just don't care much for modern art.
"The only things missing are the words vacancy and heated pool," says local businesswoman Jolene Medina of the 20-foot-high "sign sculpture" created by artist Nancy Klein. The work, a takeoff on signs that often announce ...