The Red Shoes
Editor’s Note: Barbara has recovered the stolen shoes and offered this email explanation earlier this weekend:
“I got my shoes back!!
This morning when I was on my bike, just entering the park off of sussex drive there was abunch of homeless people on a park bench, one of whom was a young woman with my ruby slippers!!!”
We are not in Kansas anymore.
A couple of days ago, Apt613 contributor, Diane Bond, wrote a post about No Man’s Land: Dirt & Aprons, an exhibition by Barbara Cuerden that is taking place at Blink Gallery. The exhibition was a success, so much so that someone decided to leave with part of an installation. Please help Barbara find the stolen red shoes!
From Barbara’s own account:
The shoes were stolen around 9 pm Thursday night while the last guests were leaving.
Nothing else was stolen, and my camera and bag were within reach and easy to see if you were in the mood for getting away with something that might be worth stealing.
Someone ducked into the garage and nabbed the shoes, right under our noses. Martin detected the theft as he had had one eye on the grass while talking to visitors. They were gone in the wink (or BLINK) of an eye. [Hopefully the thief was called Dorothy].
We went outside and questioned a group of lingerers who were having a good time at a park bench overlooking the canal. They seemed the type who might be in for a bit of larceny. But none of them were wearing red sparkly Wizard of Oz shoes. Does anyone else remember the Stump Girl Art Theft Heist outside the British High Commission Embassy? She was wearing red shoes too!! This is the second BLINK art theft!
So, if anyone sees them, they are red. sparkly and have rhinestones all over them that cost me a lot of money and time to glue on.” If you hear anything about the shoes, or better yet, find them, please email Barbara at bcuerden@gmail.com.
Thanks to everyone who came out!
