| Artist Oliviero Rainaldi, creator of the much criticized Pope sculpture, gets second chance |
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ROME (AP).- He was pilloried by the Vatican for creating a sculpture of Pope John Paul II that some mockingly say looks more like Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini than the beloved late pontiff. Now artist Oliviero Rainaldi has a chance at redemption. The sculptor recently agreed to carry out changes decided upon by a committee of art experts, culture officials and scholars. In an interview with The Associated Press, Rainaldi accepted the bad press and said it was all part of the work of being an artist. "Even Michelangelo was criticized" for his work in the Sistine Chapel, the sculptor told The Associated Press in an interview in his studio in a converted pasta factory in Rome. "Criticism is inevitable." The unveiling last spring of the nearly 5-meter (16-foot) tall bronze outside the city's main train station bewildered the public and triggered salvos of sarcasm from the Vatican's art read full article
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