You Mean That’s Offensive?

Had we only sculptor Eric Fischl’s “Tumbling Woman” — dayenu! Had we only Sharon Paz’s falling silhouettes in Jamaica, Queens — dayenu! But no, it wasn’t enough! The Daily News takes up the case:

A Brooklyn artist evoked the images of people who leaped to their deaths from the World Trade Center by repeatedly jumping off a Chicago musuem – outraging the families of some 9/11 victims.

Kerry Skarbakka, who wore a safety harness under his clothes, told the Daily News that Tuesday’s stunt was his way of asking questions about what went through the minds of those who jumped from the towers and others who watched helplessly.

But some people who lost loved ones in the terror attacks told The News they were disgusted by the very idea of Skarbakka’s “art” project.

“What kind of sick individual is he?” asked Rosemarie Giallombardo of Midwood, Brooklyn, who lost her son, Paul Salvio, on 9/11. “Tell him to go jump off the Empire State Building and see how it feels. He’s an artist? Go paint a bowl of fruit or something.”