posted February 14, 2019 #
Off of one of the main Interstates headed towards Nashville, on private property, resides a gigantic statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, an all around abysmal Civil War general known for slaughtering surrendered soldiers, engaging in slave trade and being an early member of the KKK. In short, an awful guy has an awful looking statue right on a primary road in Nashville and no one can do anything about it because it's on private property. Folks have tried to
vandalize it but it still remains. In short, it sucks.
Artist
Rocky Horton has taken it upon himself to setup
Nashville Bedford Forrest, an Internet art exhibit in which the statue can be deconstructed and rebuilt into something altogether new. It's an exercise in catharsis, allowing people of the community to finally tear down that god awful thing, albeit digitally.
You can save your work and have it added to the
gallery, where you can also see everyone else's reworkings.
