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Title
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He Wants You to Think
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Description
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Profile of Kansas City artist Peter Cowdin, known to the arts community as A. Bitterman. The author writes that Bitterman was trained as a printmaker, moved to Kansas City in 1988 where he took a hiatus from making art, and decided to apply to the Avenue of the Arts in 2006. The controversies surrounding Bitterman's works are summarized, including: positioning a Wal-Mart sign against the Nelson Atkins Museum of Fine Art's Bloch Building, his proposal to attach a paper mache banana to the side of the Folly Theater, his billboard depicting himself aiming a gun at The Scout statue in Penn Valley Park, and others. Bitterman is interviewed and discusses his works and future artistic endeavors.
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Date
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2014-03-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
