Park God?

NAME: The Plumed Serpent

ARTIST: Robert Graham

MEDIA: Cast Concrete

LOCATION: Plaza de Cesar Chavez

INSTALLATION: 1994 There is a lot of controversy surrounding this sculpture located in Plaza de Cesar Chavez. The plan was to commission a sculpture honoring San Jose’s Mexican history and residents.

Watch the video and explore the links and then respond with your comments about this statue.

Is it worth its $500,000 price tag?

Is this a violation of the separation of church and state?

Is this an attractive statue

references:

http://www.clevermag.com/travel/sanjose.htm

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&case=/data2/circs/9th/9515519.html

http://www.visitusa.com/california/cities/san-jose.htm

http://www.altlaw.org/v1/cases/1058246