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# Robert Greenwald Blasts Jeffrey Deitch's Order to Destroy Blu Mural
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/robert-greenwald-blasts-jeffrey-deitch/
- Published: 2010-12-23T21:09:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:41:11.000Z
- Description: Filmmaker Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films shoots down MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch's decision to whitewash the Blu mural without consulting the community … This.Is.A.Must.Read. …
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, Blu, Censorship, Jeffrey Deitch, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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Filmmaker Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films [has this to say](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald/la-museums-destruction-of%5Fb%5F800510.html?ir=Arts&ref=hyperallergic.com) in a column published on Huffington Post about MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch’s bad decision to whitewash the Blu mural without consulting the community:

> Hiding behind “sensitivity” for veterans, MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch’s order to destroy artist Blu’s work on the wall of the Geffen Contemporary Building conveyed a deep ignorance about the veterans community in the United States, which includes a great many people who strongly oppose the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He goes on the shoot down Deitch’s explanation:

> Creating art conveys a message. Destroying it also sends a message.  
>  
> At some point we’re going to have to show our veterans some true respect rather than assuming they’re thin-skinned war-mongers who would be offended by opposition to war.

It.Is.A.Must.Read.

I also find it really disturbing that so many street art fanboys and artists have been mum about this topic or simply think it’s something we should overlook and forget.