The "Confrontational" MLK Sculpture

Take a look at this model of what was to be a 2 1/2 story sculpture of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. and the centerpiece of the King memorial in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has determined that the sculpture is too "confrontational" in character, is reminiscent of the "Social Realist style" of political sculptures recently pulled down in other countries, and must be reworked so as to display "a more sympathetic idea" of King.

Further work on the memorial cannot proceed without the commission's approval of the sculpture.