A digital rendering of the artwork “Bicycle” by Julian Yi-Zhong Hou shows it installed outside the Pan Am Centre in Markham, Ont. The artwork, which was developed in collaboration with Markham's public art curator for the Façade project, was abruptly cancelled one day before it was set to be installed and just days before a planned launch event.
The City of Markham's sudden, last-minute cancellation of a piece of public artwork one year in the making has the artist — and his subject — concerned about censorship.
In the month since, Hou, his collaborators, and supporters, say that's all they've been able to find out. Julian Yi-Zhong Hou was commissioned by the City of Markham's public art curator to produce the inaugural artwork for the city's Façade art program. Hou's piece was meant to be the inaugural piece launching a two-year collaborative public art project with the Art Gallery of York University.
The final piece of art shows mirrored images of Albers as both themself and their drag persona. On the right side of the image, Albers is pictured on all fours in only underwear and a bandana. On the left side, Albers is shown lying on their side, wearing a baseball hat and jersey, diamond tights and high-heeled shoes.
"The decision came from City of Markham upper management. I have not received any information about the decision-making process," she said via email.Following repeated inquiries, a senior city spokesperson shared a statement with CBC Toronto on Monday that says the city has a duty to ensure publicly-commissioned art that's displayed in municipal space is "inclusive and sensitive to all.
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