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“Is the purpose of public art tobenefit the artist or the community? Obviously there is an ingredient that must be considered in the placingof public art that I believe has been ignored until now: the public! After all, public space is owned by the public, the art that’s there has been paid for by the public, and most important, that very space is occupied by the public. Consequently, the emphasis upon ‘site specific’ should be shifted to another kind of specific: PEOPLE SPECIFIC.”JOHN HARRIS Skywriting Tic Tac Toe 1971Upon observing the exuberance with which children attack “Play Loaves,” one knows that the artist is still a child at heart. It is a piece that feeds and interacts with children’s rich imaginations most successfully.JOHN HARRIS Play Loaves 1972119