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|description_of_content=Jérôme Galvin was commissioned to create a site-specific mural for the reopening of a ceramic museum on June 27, 2014. The mural spanned 5 meters, the length of an entire wall. Galvin said the pieces were, "[an] inspiration from this historic genre, grotesque and burlesque, rich and well known…I portrayed, in a more contemporary manner, small figures, some of them nude, in ridiculous positions. One was a urinating aristocrat." | |description_of_content=Jérôme Galvin was commissioned to create a site-specific mural for the reopening of a ceramic museum on June 27, 2014. The mural spanned 5 meters, the length of an entire wall. Galvin said the pieces were, "[an] inspiration from this historic genre, grotesque and burlesque, rich and well known…I portrayed, in a more contemporary manner, small figures, some of them nude, in ridiculous positions. One was a urinating aristocrat." | ||
|description_of_incident=Artist Jérôme Galvin had reached an initial compromise with the previous mayor's office, agreeing to put fig leaves on six of the contested images. | |description_of_incident=Artist Jérôme Galvin had reached an initial compromise with the previous mayor's office, agreeing to put fig leaves on six of the contested images. | ||
When the newly elected mayor, Patricia Burn saw the images she called them "insanities, vices, and pornography." | When the newly elected mayor, Patricia Burn saw the images she called them "insanities, vices, and pornography." | ||
|description_of_result=Mayor Patricia Brun had drywall installed over the mural, completely covering the artwork before the museum opening. | |description_of_result=Mayor Patricia Brun had drywall installed over the mural, completely covering the artwork before the museum opening. | ||
|image=Censored-mural-france.jpg | |image=Censored-mural-france.jpg | ||
|source=http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/mayor-censors-mural-at-french-ceramics-museum-51314 | |source=http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/mayor-censors-mural-at-french-ceramics-museum-51314 | ||
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Revision as of 20:18, 1 July 2014
Artist: Jérôme Galvin
Year: 2014
Date of Action: June 30, 2014
Region: Europe
Location: Moustiers Sainte-Marie, France
Subject: Nudity
Medium: Installation, Painting
Confronting Bodies: Mayor Patrica Brun
Description of Artwork: Jérôme Galvin was commissioned to create a site-specific mural for the reopening of a ceramic museum on June 27, 2014. The mural spanned 5 meters, the length of an entire wall. Galvin said the pieces were, "[an] inspiration from this historic genre, grotesque and burlesque, rich and well known…I portrayed, in a more contemporary manner, small figures, some of them nude, in ridiculous positions. One was a urinating aristocrat."
The Incident: Artist Jérôme Galvin had reached an initial compromise with the previous mayor's office, agreeing to put fig leaves on six of the contested images. When the newly elected mayor, Patricia Burn saw the images she called them "insanities, vices, and pornography."
Results of Incident: Mayor Patricia Brun had drywall installed over the mural, completely covering the artwork before the museum opening.
Source:
• http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/mayor-censors-mural-at-french-ceramics-museum-51314
