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|description_of_content=In this piece of performance art, Karen Finley exposes her body and manifests many of the aspects of the human body that we, as a society, try so hard to ignore or hide. | |description_of_content=In this piece of performance art, Karen Finley exposes her body and manifests many of the aspects of the human body that we, as a society, try so hard to ignore or hide. She wears nothing but undergarments and a red bandanna as she delivered a series of monologues about artistic, sexual, emotional and political abuse, and smeared a chocolate cake across her bare chest. | ||
|description_of_incident=Due to congressional debate and political dissent, John Frohnmayer decided to veto the grant intended for Finley. | |description_of_incident=Due to congressional debate and political dissent, John Frohnmayer, chief of the National Endowment for the Arts, decided to veto the grant intended for Finley. | ||
|description_of_result=In 1991, there was a lawsuit against the National Endowment because the chairman had rejected four different performance artists' grants for fear of criticism from conservative media representatives and politicians. It was clear that Frohnmayer rejected these artists and prevented them from being successful for fear of negative public opinion. The four artists who were denied grants joined together to sue Frohnmayer. | |description_of_result=In 1991, there was a lawsuit against the National Endowment because the chairman had rejected four different performance artists' grants for fear of criticism from conservative media representatives and politicians. It was clear that Frohnmayer rejected these artists and prevented them from being successful for fear of negative public opinion. The four artists who were denied grants joined together to sue Frohnmayer. | ||
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Revision as of 19:13, 8 June 2017
Artist: Karen Finley
Year: 1990
Date of Action: May 1990
Region: North America
Location: Los Angeles, California
Subject: Explicit Sexuality, Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Performance Art
Confronting Bodies: The National Endowment for the Arts
Description of Artwork: In this piece of performance art, Karen Finley exposes her body and manifests many of the aspects of the human body that we, as a society, try so hard to ignore or hide. She wears nothing but undergarments and a red bandanna as she delivered a series of monologues about artistic, sexual, emotional and political abuse, and smeared a chocolate cake across her bare chest.
The Incident: Due to congressional debate and political dissent, John Frohnmayer, chief of the National Endowment for the Arts, decided to veto the grant intended for Finley.
Results of Incident: In 1991, there was a lawsuit against the National Endowment because the chairman had rejected four different performance artists' grants for fear of criticism from conservative media representatives and politicians. It was clear that Frohnmayer rejected these artists and prevented them from being successful for fear of negative public opinion. The four artists who were denied grants joined together to sue Frohnmayer.
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