NEWS/PRESS
 | Location of public art stirs debate July 22, 2008, The Province Vancouverites may not know art, but they know they like - and it may or may not be giant outdoor sculptures of thing like upsidedown churches." |
| Controversial Sculpture in BC sparks debate June 8, 2008, The Canada Press Vancouver - in the end, it was scenery - not sacrilege - that decided the fate of Vancouver's upside-down church." |
| Removal of upside-down church stirs storm of controversy June 5, 2008, The Vancouver Sun There was no shortage of opinions on the Vancouver park board's decision to uproot the unwieldy structure and ship it off to Calgary, where it will find a new home in the hands of the Glenbow Museum and its new president and CEO, Jeff Spalding |
| Upside-down thinking June 3, 2008, The Globe and Mail "The Vancouver Park Board's rationale for removing the "upside-down church" sculpture is ridiculous. |
| Standing A Church on its Head May 23, 2008, The Vancouver Sun Titled Device to Root Out Evil, the inverted church is, to borrow that over-used journalistic word, controversial. Which is positive, since this supposedly urban city needs to be talking about something more meaningful than the ever-disappointing Canucks and absurd real estate prices." |
| Creativity Lives Here May 14, 2008, Art Scene Often referred to as the "heart" of the city - the cultural programmes and events that define a city as "cultured," draws talent and makes it more liveable. Without these events, visionaries and creative beings, out city would be just a collage of iron, wood, cement and glass - a gathering of people inhabiting space. |
| Sculpture Issue to come before park board May 14, 2008, The Vancouver Sun Process begins to deal with controversial works left over from Vancouver Biennale |
| Spare the church but spoil the view? May 1, 2008, Westender Other than the Stanley Park totem poles, it's hard to think of another piece of public art that receives so much attention from the public," than Oppenheim's Device to Root Out Evil. |
| Not so upside down April 5, 2008, The Globe and Mail Rev. Lloyd Lovatt defends Dennis Oppenheim's Sculpture Device to Root Out Evil as positive and necessary for the Christian community. |
| Contoversial Oppenheim Sculpture Finds New Home April 4, 2008, Art Info Device to Root Out Evil "encountered opposition from neighbors who complained … sculpture of an inverted church with its steeple planted into the ground blocked their view of the harbor. |
| Downside-up thinking? April 4, 2008, The Globe and Mail Public response to the "Device to Root Out Evil" being removed from Coal Harbour. |
| A grown-up city would embrace leading edge art April 3, 2008, The Vancouver Sun Response to "Controversial sculpture to be removed." Author claims Vancourites are not cultured enough to enjoy world class art. |
| Artistic Controversy Reaches Tipping Point April 3, 2008, The Globe and Mail It was too hot for New York City; too hot for Stanford University. But a controversial, imposing sculpture by renowned international artist Dennis Oppeheim finally found a public home in laidback Vancouver." |
| Upside-down church sculpture on hit list March 30, 2008, The Province Montgomery explains, that Vancouverites do not know art however they "know what they want in their public parks" apparently it "doesn't include a sculpture" |
| Edgy art will be homeless once more March 27, 2008, The Vancouver Sun Device to Root out Evil, "[a] controversial piece of public art depicting an inverted church will soon be removed from Harbour Green Park." |
| Awards, Art & An Auction December 31, 1969, Nuvo Pictures from the Vancouver International Sculpture Biennale's inaugural Gala Auction and Lifetime Achievement Awards. |
