Archive for the ‘Art Censorship’ Category
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
A nude female sculpture -- in a park -- in Queensland -- Oh, the humanity!
This sculpture by artist Antone Bruinsma (also from QLD) was removed from a park on Bribie Island on Wednesday because it was 'not council's job to deliberately go out and offend people.' Yah...
Moreton Bay Regional Council ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
When Bob Bain posted to the No Censorship mailing list that SBS would be airing a debate on the Bill Henson saga, I questioned whether their was anything left to add that print media hadn't already covered. Bob reassured me that the people on the guest list could add more.
I ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
'There is no censorship worth noting in Australia.' The words of former Australia Institute Executive Director, Clive Hamilton, at last nights Art Censorship debate in Sydney (video here).
Clive must be losing his memory. Did he forget that recent case where those nasty chaps at David Jones tried to silence The ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
It's been a long day (work), so let's make it quick: The controversial Bill Henson photograph that featured on an invitation to his exhibition has been rated PG by the Classification Board.
David Marr writes that while a minority of the classification board thought the impact of the picture was moderate, ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Quicky post: The Classification Board has determined that five photographs by Bill Henson that were published on news websites a little over a week ago are G-rated. These are the same photos Mr Rudd decried as 'absolutely revolting.'
Update 6:36PM: Artist protests Henson's treatment with similar work.
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Cops have investigated a Henson triptych of a building's exterior which hangs in a minister's office at Parliament House. Those dirty, obscene building exteriors.
Department of Parliamentary Services, Alan Thompson, told the media
"Our general impression is they simply had a list of places that might have Bill Henson works."
Good ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The Classification Board is investigating news media websites who published photographs taken by Bill Henson. The case was referred to them by the ACMA, but it's unknown whether a complaint was made by a member of the public (maybe a revolted PM?) or the ACMA took it upon themselves.
So on ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
I don't need to fill you in on today's events involving artist Bill Henson. I have little to add to the debate that hasn't already been said and Peter Craven, the founding editor of Quarterly Essay, puts it much more eloquently than I ever could anyway.
All I ask is when ...
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