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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2004|2004]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Religion|Religion]], [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography | |||
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'''Artist:''' Dror Feiler | '''Artist:''' Dror Feiler | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Israeli Ambassador to Sweden, Zvi Mazel | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Israeli Ambassador to Sweden, Zvi Mazel | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' January, 2004 | |||
'''Dates of Action:''' January 2004 | |||
'''Location:''' Stockholm, Sweden | '''Location:''' Stockholm, Sweden | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The photograph, ''Snow White and the Madness of Truth,'' contains a photo of a Palestinian suicide bomber, notorious for an attack on a restaurant that killed 21 Israelis, on a sailboat floating in a sea of red liquid. The photo was part of an exhibit called ''Making Differences;'' its purpose is to raise awareness of an upcoming anti-genocide conference hosted by Sweden. <P> | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The photograph, | |||
'''The Incident:''' When ambassador Zvi Mazel saw the photo in Stockholm's Museum of Antiquities, he disconnected a spotlight and threw it at the image. Mazel has suggested that he "couldn't have reacted in any other way," and that the piece was "a call for genocide." <P> | '''The Incident:''' When ambassador Zvi Mazel saw the photo in Stockholm's Museum of Antiquities, he disconnected a spotlight and threw it at the image. Mazel has suggested that he "couldn't have reacted in any other way," and that the piece was "a call for genocide." <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Mazel was asked to leave the museum. Since the incident, the directors of the museum have been bombarded with offensive and threatening e-mail; many artists and Swedish officials have denounced the ambassador's actions as contrary to free expression; and Mazel has confirmed that the Israeli embassy will leave Stockholm. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Mazel was asked to leave the museum. Since the incident, the directors of the museum have been bombarded with offensive and threatening e-mail; many artists and Swedish officials have denounced the ambassador's actions as contrary to free expression; and Mazel has confirmed that the Israeli embassy will leave Stockholm. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' BBC News | '''Source:''' BBC News | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:21st century]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Europe]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Stockholm]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Sweden]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Middle East]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Israel]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Religion]] | ||
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Photography]] | [[Category:Photography]] | ||
[[Category:Dror Feiler]] | [[Category:Dror Feiler]] | ||
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