Machine gun welded on playground sculpture

Posted by Kate Bergman on July 3rd, 2011

 

Updated: Visitors to Meridian Park were surprised to see a mysterious addition welded on one of the child-themed statues ringing the playground: a machine gun. The statue is right at the northeastern entrance to the playground — one of several statues, like a train engine and a child on stilts, created by artist Pat Maher.

 

“I feel so demoralized,” tweeted Jeanne, who helped commission Maher for the original work. “We worked hard on renovating that park and playground and getting input from neighborhood. Sculptures were charming.”

 

Jeanne says she spoke to Seattle Police, and the officer told her no crime has been committed. “He told me this wasn’t vandalism. That just because I didn’t like it didn’t mean it was a crime,” she said.

 

e spoke to several neighbors at the playground this morning. “It’s depressing,” said one mom, but others had a different view. “I think rogue art is cool,” said a dad, who joked that someone should write “Seal Team 6″ on the sculpture. Another woman pointed out that the sculpture is at adult height. “Are kids going to look up there and say, ‘oh my gosh there’s a gun?’” she asked.

We’ve heard from several neighbors, including Charles in comments, that the original arm on the statue was missing.

We’ve reached out to Maher for his reaction, and police as well (since it’s a holiday weekend, we may not hear until Tuesday.) In the meantime, here are a few of the tweets from Jeanne (@fourchickens), and please leave your thoughts in comments below. Is it vandalism? Or art?

 

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Comment by TheLasersShadow on July 5, 2011 at 8:37am
Cool Machine gun I think it also has a grenade launcher underneath as well!! I do like seeing this, guns should be portrayed in a positive light not a criminal dark forbidden way. Children should be taught how to respect guns at an early age as well as their importance in a free society.

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