Proving once again that the arts community has no sensibilities, a Las Vegas Art Gallery is showing off the paintings of John Wayne Gacy, a killer of about 33 young boys and men in the Chicago.
From CNN: A Las Vegas art coordinator's planned charity sale of serial killer John Wayne Gacy's paintings is under fire from the very crime victims group that is supposed to benefit from the proceeds.
The National Center for Victims of Crime is demanding that its name not be associated with the exhibit, entitled "Multiples: The Artwork of John Wayne Gacy," saying it did not agree to be a beneficiary of the sale.
In a written statement Thursday to CNN affiliate KTNV, the crime victims group said it sent a cease-and-desist letter to the gallery owner.
Since word spread that Gacy's work would be displayed at the Arts Factory beginning this month through September, the event has been surprisingly controversial in a city where very little surprises.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/05/13/serial.killer.art/
Stay class, art world and Art Factory.
Why these paintings weren't shredded the moment Gacy died is beyond me.
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