Medusa sculpture draws praise and boos
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Medusa With The Head Of Perseus was created in 2008 by Argentine artist Luciano Garbati. It was reimagined as a symbol of triumph for sexual assault victims after it was unveiled recently near the New York courthouse where Harvey Weinstein was tried.
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NEW YORK • When artist Luciano Garbati made his sculpture of Medusa holding Perseus' severed head - an inversion of the centuries-old myth - feminism was not what he had in mind.
He was not thinking of the #MeToo movement either: Garbati had created the work in 2008, nearly a decade before the movement went mainstream.
