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Controversial Playboy Marfa Sculpture Moving From West Texas To Dallas

四虎影院 | By Eric Aasen
Published November 14, 2013 at 1:53 PM CST
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The controversial Playboy Marfa sculpture is headed to Dallas.

Dallas Contemporary confirmed on its Facebook page that the West Texas piece will debut in April.

Over the summer, Playboy installed a 40-foot sign with a neon-lit bunny on Highway 90. The Texas Department of Transportation said it鈥檚 considered an advertisement and can鈥檛 be placed by a U.S. highway.

四虎影院 covered the matter and .

Artist Richard Phillips told that he sees his Playboy Marfa as 鈥渁 beacon, a touchstone where all these different aspects of our lives 鈥� art, politics, sex 鈥� come together without contradiction.鈥�

Here's a video that shows Playboy Marfa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVUCg_7A4bs
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Eric Aasen is 四虎影院鈥檚 managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station鈥檚 news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to 四虎影院 radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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