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{{Display censorship incident | {{Display censorship incident | ||
|ongoing=no | |ongoing=no | ||
|year=2017 | |||
|region=North America | |||
|artist=Guantánamo Bay detainees, | |artist=Guantánamo Bay detainees, | ||
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion | |subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion | ||
|medium=Mixed Media, Painting, Sculpture | |||
|date_of_action=November 2017-January 2018 | |||
|location=New York City | |||
|description_of_content=Detainees at the United States military prison camp known as Guantánamo Bay have made art from the time they arrived. The exhibition displays some of these evocative works, made by eight men: four who have since been cleared and released from Guantánamo, and four who remain there. They paint the sea again and again although they cannot reach it. | |||
Dates of exhibition: October 16, 2017-January 26, 2018, President's Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY | |||
Curators: Erin Thompson, Paige Laino, and Charles Shields | |||
Exhibition website: https://www.artfromguantanamo.com/ | |||
|description_of_incident="Ode to the Sea," an art exhibition at John Jay College in New York provoked an abrupt change to government policy regarding art created by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon and Department of Defense declared that all art created by detainees will henceforth become the property of the US government and may no longer be removed from the prison, even upon a detainee’s clearance and release. It was suggested that the art will be destroyed. | |description_of_incident="Ode to the Sea," an art exhibition at John Jay College in New York provoked an abrupt change to government policy regarding art created by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon and Department of Defense declared that all art created by detainees will henceforth become the property of the US government and may no longer be removed from the prison, even upon a detainee’s clearance and release. It was suggested that the art will be destroyed. | ||
|description_of_result=NCAC along with over a dozen civil liberties and free speech groups vehemently objected to the violation of the public’s right to access this work and thus fully participate in the political conversation around Guantanamo. The new directive also violates the human rights of the detainees under international norms and further destruction of the work would impermissibly suppress documents of historical importance. | |description_of_result=NCAC along with over a dozen civil liberties and free speech groups vehemently objected to the violation of the public’s right to access this work and thus fully participate in the political conversation around Guantanamo. The new directive also violates the human rights of the detainees under international norms and further destruction of the work would impermissibly suppress documents of historical importance. | ||
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Read the official letter sent by NCAC and 10+ co-signatories to President Donald Trump; Secretary of Defense James Mattis; Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan; US Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Edward Cashman; and US Marine Corps Sergeant Major Dennis Bradley: | Read the official letter sent by NCAC and 10+ co-signatories to President Donald Trump; Secretary of Defense James Mattis; Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan; US Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Edward Cashman; and US Marine Corps Sergeant Major Dennis Bradley: | ||
https://ncac.org/blog/guantanamo-art-gone-for-good | https://ncac.org/blog/guantanamo-art-gone-for-good | ||
As of February 2023, the policy preventing detainees' artwork from leaving the prison has been lifted. Detainees are now permitted to take with them a "practical quantity of their art" when leaving the facility. That being said, the particularities of what constitute a "practical quantity" have not been explained, and the artwork is still considered the US government's property. It is speculated that the lifting of the ban was related to the recommendation for 20 of the 34 detainees in Guantánamo to be transferred depending on security conditions. | |||
|image=01-Al-Bihani-Blue-Mosque-530x393.jpg | |image=01-Al-Bihani-Blue-Mosque-530x393.jpg | ||
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[https://ncac.org/news/blog/guantanamo-art-gone-for-good Guantanamo Art: Gone for Good?] NCAC.org, JANUARY 18, 2018 | [https://ncac.org/news/blog/guantanamo-art-gone-for-good Guantanamo Art: Gone for Good?] NCAC.org, JANUARY 18, 2018 | ||
https://hyperallergic.com/798866/art-by-guantanamo-detainees-can-now-be-released/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=D020822&utm_content=D020822+CID_a0c60938ef11370b300a8ca8dc8efad1&utm_source=hn&utm_term=Trump-era+policy+barring+artwork+by+Guantnamo+detainees | |||
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