Regarding your article about David Pulphus’ painting and its removal: First, I want to thank Congressman Clay for defending the painting and returning it to the wall several times. Second, I want to point out that in addition to two of the police officers being depicted as boars, one of the demonstrators appears to be depicted as an animal as well. This has not been mentioned in any of the articles about the controversy which I have read in The American and elsewhere. I guess only privileged classes of people are offended by being symbolically depicted in animal form. The demonstrator in the red shirt appears to be represented as either a cat or a wolf. It’s hard to tell. I hope this painting continues to be studied and discussed, and I hope a deeper conversation with the artist follows.
Susan Turk
St. Louis
