A group of activist artists is claiming responsibility for a banner strung across the Christ of the Ozarks monument in Eureka Springs overnight on Friday.
Guerilla art collective Indecline said in a press release that it is responsible for a “God Bless Abortions” banner hanging across the 67-foot statue of Jesus located atop Magnetic Mountain.
The group calls the banner a piece of protest art in “direct response to the dramatic attempts being made in Arkansas and throughout the South, to ban abortion services to women in need.”
Indecline says it was smuggled onto the mountain by a small team disguised as a construction crew and strung up before sunrise on Friday.
The Christ of the Ozarks monument is one of five giant statues of Christ in the world and one of only two in North America, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. It stands near the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and Arkansas State Highway 23.
The Christ of the Ozarks monument is one of five giant statues of Christ in the world and one of only two in North America, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas. It stands near the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and Arkansas State Highway 23.
(Story by Heather Higgs, KNWA/Ozarks First)
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