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Artist: Hong Seong-dam

Year: 2014

Date of Action: August, 2014

Region: Asia

Location: Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Painting

Confronting Bodies: City government of Gwangju, South Korea

Description of Artwork: A 32-foot-wide painting, which portrays, among other elements, Korean president Park Geun-hye as a maniacal scarecrow facing off against angered parents of children who died in the sinking of the MV Sewol ferry in April, 2014, a national tragedy that has had huge political repercussions. Park is being held back by former president Park Chung-hee (her late father), and her chief of staff Kim Ki-choon.

The Incident: The Biennale Foundation initially claimed that the work’s exclusion from the exhibition had nothing to do with politics and was purely logistical—Hong simply submitted the work late. But it was later revealed that the decision to withhold the painting from the 20th anniversary exhibition was in fact prompted by the city of Gwangju, which sponsors the exhibition to the tune of $2.4 million for this year’s Biennale. The city government had asked that Hong change the painting.

Results of Incident: In response to the censorship of Hong’s work, other artists featured in “Sweet Dew” removed their works from the exhibition and its curator, Yun Beom-mo, resigned. The president of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Lee Yong-woo, also resigned. The case has provoked international protests and has been covered widely.

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• http://news.artnet.com/art-world/gwangju-biennale-president-resigns-over-censorship-82587

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-[[File:Hello_Kitty.jpg|right|200 pixels|frame|Image is from a hello kitty enthusiast's blog]]
+|date_of_action=August, 2014
-'''Artist:''' Tom Sachs
+|location=Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
+|description_of_content=A 32-foot-wide painting, which portrays, among other elements, Korean president Park Geun-hye as a maniacal scarecrow facing off against angered parents of children who died in the sinking of the MV Sewol ferry in April, 2014, a national tragedy that has had huge political repercussions. Park is being held back by former president Park Chung-hee (her late father), and her chief of staff Kim Ki-choon.
-'''Confronting Bodies:''' Barney's Department Store
+|description_of_incident=The Biennale Foundation initially claimed that the work’s exclusion from the exhibition had nothing to do with politics and was purely logistical—Hong simply submitted the work late. But it was later revealed that the decision to withhold the painting from the 20th anniversary exhibition was in fact prompted by the city of Gwangju, which sponsors the exhibition to the tune of $2.4 million for this year’s Biennale. The city government had asked that Hong change the painting.
+|description_of_result=In response to the censorship of Hong’s work, other artists featured in “Sweet Dew” removed their works from the exhibition and its  curator, Yun Beom-mo, resigned. The president of the Gwangju Biennale Foundation, Lee Yong-woo, also resigned. The case has provoked international protests and has been covered widely.
-'''Dates of Action:''' 1994
+|image=park1.jpg
+|source=http://news.artnet.com/art-world/gwangju-biennale-president-resigns-over-censorship-82587
-'''Location:''' New York, NY
+}}
-'''Description of Artwork:''' The sculpture ''Hello Kitty Nativity Scene'' depicts a traditional nativity scene, however replaces the traditional characters with pop-culture representations.  In the piece, the three kings were replaced with Bart Simpson figures and the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus with Hello Kitty dolls.
-'''The Incident:''' The sculpture was entered into an auction sponsored by Barney's department store in New York City.  Hundreds of artists' works were displayed in Barney's front window.  After two weeks the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, William Donohue, warned the store to removed the sculpture and contacted the media, accusing the work of blasphemy.  Barney's received hundreds of phone calls calling for the piece's removal following the radio announcement.
-'''Results of Incident:''' Sachs' sculpture was removed from the window display.  Barney's Senior Vice President for Creative Services, Simon Doonan, took responsibility for the display, calling it his "error in judgement."
-'''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1995
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