Remove the Pink Ballerina Sculpture in the Architecture Quadrangle

The Issue

We have got countless numbers of sculptures going up on campus and the number just keeps on increasing. As a community we have just got accustomed to seeing the massively-complained-about iron monstrosity named 'Clasp' by Anthony Gormley that has been put up outside of the student union on Kings Walk (the sculpture is supposed to be two people kissing? ...yeah I don't see it either), but now we have to also see the pink and yellow beheaded ballerina that has leaped into the most picturesque and beautiful area of the campus. 

With your help, we can get this piece removed and improve the landscape back to its former self.

To make it fair, I do see how contemporary art is on the rise in our modern culture and the piece may hold some significance but alas I don't believe this is the correct area to have it housed - it simply doesn't fit in with the surroundings it is in.

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The Issue

We have got countless numbers of sculptures going up on campus and the number just keeps on increasing. As a community we have just got accustomed to seeing the massively-complained-about iron monstrosity named 'Clasp' by Anthony Gormley that has been put up outside of the student union on Kings Walk (the sculpture is supposed to be two people kissing? ...yeah I don't see it either), but now we have to also see the pink and yellow beheaded ballerina that has leaped into the most picturesque and beautiful area of the campus. 

With your help, we can get this piece removed and improve the landscape back to its former self.

To make it fair, I do see how contemporary art is on the rise in our modern culture and the piece may hold some significance but alas I don't believe this is the correct area to have it housed - it simply doesn't fit in with the surroundings it is in.

The Decision Makers

Professor Chris Day
Professor Chris Day
Vice-Chancellor and President of Newcastle University
Alison Pickard
Alison Pickard
Executive Officer to Professor Chris Day
Professor Julie Sanders
Professor Julie Sanders
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Professor Phillip Wright
Professor Phillip Wright
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
Barbara Graham
Barbara Graham
Executive Assistant to Professor Phillip Wright

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Petition created on 25 October 2018