Gallery Owner Arrested After Dropping Sculpture Of Giant Drug Spoon At Purdue Pharma
Fernando Luis Alvarez talks to Police.The 800 pound burnt heroin spoon, named Purdue, was dropped in front of Purdue headquarters in Stamford CT on Friday 22.06.2018. The inspiration for the sculpture came from his brother who has been struggling with an opioid addiction for 14 years and the countless lives lost to the epidemic.
© Domenic Esposito. image courtesy: Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery inc. Photographer: Brian F. O’Neill, 2018.
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