Occupy Sunset: The artist’s Tower of Protest revisits a 60s LA controversy

Tower of Protest by arriving in carloads in defiance of the 58-foot structure, and the artists’ themselves kept up their expression, adding to the tower and gathering around. By the time the tower came down three months after being built, 200 panels from the greats of the day, like Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, adorned the contraption, echoing messages of peace.

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Tower of Protest’s return hasn’t been quite so controversial, or colorful–although the organizers of

Pacific Standard Time did solicit contributions from artists to add to the sculpture. It’s in a slightly different location–at the corner of Hilldale–and with different messages: against the war in Afghanistan, in support of the Occupy Wall Street theme.

Here’s our trusty art critic, Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, on the subject: