Artist Sues NRA For Public Sculpture Showing Up In ‘Clinched Fist’ Video

By Tom Knighton

The NRA is everyone’s favorite boogieman, isn’t it? People get to blame the group for anything and lash out in any way they want to and know the media will treat them like sweet little darlings.

I can’t help but believe that this is behind, at least in part, a lawsuit by artist Anish Kapoor against the National Rifle Association for showing one of his more famous sculptures in their “Clinched Fist of Truth” video.

Anish Kapoor, the artist who created the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park, has filed a federal lawsuit against the National Rifle Association, alleging the organization infringed on the copyright of his work by using an image of it in a June 2017 video ad titled “The Clenched Fist of Truth.”

Kapoor, who lives and works in London, first condemned the NRA’s use of his 2006 sculpture, widely known as The Bean, in a March 2018 statement issued in collaboration with the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, according to a news release on the lawsuit.

Kapoor, who said his creative work has been “appropriated by the NRA to perpetuate its hateful ideology,” asked the organization to remove an image of Cloud Gate from its video. He …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms