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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1994|1994]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity | ====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting | ====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Cindy Battisti and Eve Saturn | '''Artist:''' Cindy Battisti and Eve Saturn | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Eve Saturn's untitled painting featured two nude, pregnant women seated back to back, holding hands and surrounded by flowers with human faces. One of the women is black and the other white, each holding a child of the other's race. Cindy Battisti's untitled piece shows a nude man and woman dancing in a circle. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' Eve Saturn's untitled painting featured two nude, pregnant women seated back to back, holding hands and surrounded by flowers with human faces. One of the women is black and the other white, each holding a child of the other's race. Cindy Battisti's untitled piece shows a nude man and woman dancing in a circle. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' The Center at High Falls is a visitor information center that often exhibits local artists' work. An organization called Baha'i sponsored the exhibit, | '''The Incident:''' The Center at High Falls is a visitor information center that often exhibits local artists' work. An organization called Baha'i sponsored the exhibit, ''Racism: Just Undo it''. After the exhibit's installation, two employees contacted the Center Director, Lydia Boddie-Neal, and complained about the two paintings. Boddie-Neal removed the paintings because they showed frontal nudity and suggested that the "explicit and provocative nature of the message" might jeopardize fundraising efforts. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The pieces were removed and the center enacted a policy giving itself final approval for all work on display. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The pieces were removed and the center enacted a policy giving itself final approval for all work on display. <P> | ||
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'''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1995 | '''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1995 | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:13, 15 November 2016
Date: 1994
Region: North America
Subject: Nudity
Medium: Painting
Artist: Cindy Battisti and Eve Saturn
Confronting Bodies: Center at High Falls employees and director.
Dates of Action: 1994
Location: Rochester, New York
Description of Artwork: Eve Saturn's untitled painting featured two nude, pregnant women seated back to back, holding hands and surrounded by flowers with human faces. One of the women is black and the other white, each holding a child of the other's race. Cindy Battisti's untitled piece shows a nude man and woman dancing in a circle.
The Incident: The Center at High Falls is a visitor information center that often exhibits local artists' work. An organization called Baha'i sponsored the exhibit, Racism: Just Undo it. After the exhibit's installation, two employees contacted the Center Director, Lydia Boddie-Neal, and complained about the two paintings. Boddie-Neal removed the paintings because they showed frontal nudity and suggested that the "explicit and provocative nature of the message" might jeopardize fundraising efforts.
Results of Incident: The pieces were removed and the center enacted a policy giving itself final approval for all work on display.
Source: Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1995
