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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Statue of Rocky creates a debate Philadelphia museum will display figure
BY JOANN LOVIGLIO ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — Rocky Balboa — or more specifically, a statue of the Hollywood palooka, boxing gloves raised in triumph — is being restored to a spot outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the winner by a split decision in a bout between fine art and pop culture.
Despite complaints that the statue is piece of kitsch underserving of display near Renois and Monets, the city Art Commission voted 6-2 Wednesday to move the 2,000-pound bronze out of storage and put it on a street-level pedestal near the museum steps.
The steps were the setting for one of the most famous scenes in Sylvester Stallone's 1976 movie "Rocky" and have been a big tourist attraction ever since, with visitors to Philadelphia imitating the Italian Stallion's sweat-suited dash to the top. (Of course, after bounding up the 72 steps and pumping their fists in the air like Rocky, the tourists often turn around and leave without setting foot in the museum.)
Bill Shifffer, of Philadelphia, left, and Mark Cartwright, of England, imitate the character Rocky Balboa from the 1976 movie "Rocky" on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia. Wednesday. Rocky Balboa — or more specifically, a statue of the Hollywood palooka, boxing gloves raised in triumph — is being restored to a spot outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The 8-foot-6 Rocky is expected to be on his granite pedestal in time for a dedication ceremony Friday.
"We're thrilled," said city Commerce Director Stephanie
Naidoff. "What more wonderful a symbol of hard work and dedication is there than Rocky?"
Matt Rourke/Associated Press
The two commission members who voted against the move, artist Moe Brooker and University of the Arts president Miguel Angel Corzo, said the site was inappropriate.
"It's not a work of art and ... it doesn't belong there," said Brooker, a professor at Moore College of Art and Design. Rocky's battle to the top "is a concept, it is an idea, and ideas don't need justification in terms of objects."
Corzo suggested that he might resign from the commission over the vote, saying that placing the pugilist near the museum goes against the commission's desire to "raise the standards of the city."
He said the issue for him was not whether the statue was art, pointing out the debatable aesthetic value of some of the Philadelphia museum's works — for example, a porcelain urinal by avant-garde artist Marcel Duchamp. But he questioned whether Rocky deserved to be neighbors with sculptures such as Rodin's "The Thinker," which sits nearby on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
But the majority of commissioners who approved the move said Rocky has become synonymous with Philadelphia.
"This is not art as it has been defined by aesthetic' standards, said commissioner Emanuel Kelly, who scored the fight for Rocky. "But in terms of this as a cultural icon over 30 years, it has beared the test of time."
The sculpture by A. Thomas
Schomberg was commissioned by Stallone for a scene in "Rocky III" (1982) and also appeared in "Rocky V" (1990). After the third Rocky installment, Stallone donated the statue to the city — and the real fight began.
The statue was installed at the
top of the museum steps, but was removed after just a few months when museum officials and art afficionados argued that it was merely a movie prop and that its "exaggerated proportions and caricature" would sully the internationally renowned museum's image.
After much bobbing and weaving, Rocky was moved to a spot at the city's sports stadium complex in South Philadelphia. It was moved again and eventually warehoused after filming began on the latest installment of the saga, "Rocky Balboa," which hits theaters in December.
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