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Row over man appointed to make feminist Elsie Inglis sculpture
A row has broken out over the decision to appoint a man to make a sculpture in honour of the feminist Dr Elsie Inglis.
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The charity planning a statue on Edinburgh's Royal Mile suspended its competition to find an artist and appointed the royal sculptor Alexander Stoddart instead.
It said the rethink came after watching the Queen's cortege on the Royal Mile.
Artists criticised the decision, saying it was in direct opposition to the core beliefs of suffragist Dr Inglis.
Dr Inglis set up 17 Scottish Women's Hospitals for injured soldiers during World War One.
Sculptors, some of whom had spent hundreds of hours on their competition entries, insisted the move was "wrong" and "embarrassing".
The charity, Statue For Elsie, said it was delighted that Mr Stoddart - the King's Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland - had agreed to take on the commission.
But the charity, which raised over £50,000, has been accused of ignoring their own competition rules.
Activists have campaigned for years to correct the gender imbalance of statues on Edinburgh's Royal Mile by immortalising Dr Inglis in bronze.
An open letter to members, donors and the charity's board of trustees reads: "We do not support the decision of the trustees in hiring Alexander Stoddard.
"His consultation was sought during the 'open for entries' commission period, he had a financial interest and was therefore not objective.
"He has no clear links with Elsie Inglis or feminism and is very much not in the spirit of the original brief.
"We strongly believe Dr Elsie Inglis would not support the sudden cancellation of the original open call for submissions and hiring of the Royal sculptor and the resulting blocking of women from entering the commission.
"This decision goes against the aims of the campaign. It stands in direct opposition to the core beliefs expressed by Dr Elsie Inglis herself."
A statement on the Statue For Elsie website said the charity took the "very difficult" decision to suspend competition after recognising the statue "needed to meet with the historical consciousness of the Royal Mile". |
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