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{{Display censorship incident
{{Display censorship incident
|ongoing=no
|ongoing=no
|year=2014,
|year=2014
|region=Europe
|region=Europe
|artist=Diane Ducruet
|artist=Diane Ducruet
|subject=Nudity
|subject=Nudity
|confronting_bodies=Diane Ducret/ Maison Européenne de la Photographie
|confronting_bodies=Diane Ducruet/ Maison Européenne de la Photographie
|medium=Painting
|medium=Photography
|date_of_action=30.10.2014
|date_of_action=30.10.2014
|location=Paris
|location=Paris
|description_of_content=“Mother and Daughter II” (2014), is a composite of four images showing the artist, Diane Ducruet, cuddling with her daughter. Both of them are nude.
|description_of_content=“Mother and Daughter II” (2014), is a composite of four images showing the artist, Diane Ducruet, cuddling with her daughter. Both of them are nude.
|description_of_incident=Seven people sent letters of complaint addressed the curator Françoise Paviot, Diane Ducret and Louis Pinte. In these letters is written, that the pictures are having nothing to do with any kind of love and that they are showing incest,heresy and pedophilia and are offending victims of incest.
|description_of_incident=Seven people sent letters of complaint addressed the curator Françoise Paviot, Diane Ducruet and Louis Pinte. The letters claim that the pictures show incest, heresy and pedophilia and offend victims of incest. The exhibition was part of the Mois de la Photo photography event in Paris.
|description_of_result=Houard, the owner of the gallery halls, contacted the Mois de la Photo general curator and Maison Européenne de la Photographie director Jean-Luc Monterosso, who advised her to remove Ducruet's work. After she removed it, because she didn't want to run the risk of vandalism, Monterosso has denied any involvement with the decision.
|description_of_result=Catherine Houard, the owner of the gallery, contacted the Mois de la Photo general curator and Maison Européenne de la Photographie director Jean-Luc Monterosso, who advised her to remove Ducruet's work. After she removed it, because she didn't want to run the risk of vandalism, Monterosso denied any involvement with the decision.
|image=Diane-ducruet-censored-paris.jpg
|image=Diane-ducruet-censored-paris.jpg
|source=http://hyperallergic.com/160608/paris-festival-censors-photo-of-mother-daughter-embrace/
|source=http://hyperallergic.com/160608/paris-festival-censors-photo-of-mother-daughter-embrace/
}}
}}
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Revision as of 15:37, 19 November 2014

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Artist: Diane Ducruet

Year: 2014

Date of Action: 30.10.2014

Region: Europe

Location: Paris

Subject: Nudity

Medium: Photography

Confronting Bodies: Diane Ducruet/ Maison Européenne de la Photographie

Description of Artwork: “Mother and Daughter II” (2014), is a composite of four images showing the artist, Diane Ducruet, cuddling with her daughter. Both of them are nude.

The Incident: Seven people sent letters of complaint addressed the curator Françoise Paviot, Diane Ducruet and Louis Pinte. The letters claim that the pictures show incest, heresy and pedophilia and offend victims of incest. The exhibition was part of the Mois de la Photo photography event in Paris.

Results of Incident: Catherine Houard, the owner of the gallery, contacted the Mois de la Photo general curator and Maison Européenne de la Photographie director Jean-Luc Monterosso, who advised her to remove Ducruet's work. After she removed it, because she didn't want to run the risk of vandalism, Monterosso denied any involvement with the decision.

Source:
http://hyperallergic.com/160608/paris-festival-censors-photo-of-mother-daughter-embrace/



http://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-censored-after-artwork-with-daughter-branded-as-paedophilia-158151