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====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]====
{{Display censorship incident
 
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====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====
|year=2014
 
|region=Asia
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====
|artist=Hong Seong-dam
 
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion
====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]]====
|confronting_bodies=City government of Gwangju, South Korea
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|medium=Painting
[[File:Banerjee1.jpg|left]]
|date_of_action=August, 2014
'''Artist:''' Subhankar Banerjee (b.1967)
|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:''' Members of the United States Senate; Lawrence M. Small
|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:''' April 2003
|image=park1.jpg
 
|source=http://news.artnet.com/art-world/gwangju-biennale-president-resigns-over-censorship-82587
'''Location:''' Washington D.C.
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'''Description of Artwork:'''Banerjee's book, ''Season's of Life and Land, A Photographic Journey by Subhankar Banerjee'', is a collection of his photographs taken on his fourteen month excursion through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. <P>
[[File:Banerjee2.jpg|right]]
 
'''The Incident:''' Banerjee's photographs were scheduled to be placed on exhibit in the Smithsonian's main floor rotunda, however, were moved to a lower-level room at the last minute.  In addition, many of Banerjee's captions taken from his book were deleted or shortened.  This led to an investigation questioning Smithsonian Secretary, Lawrence M. Small's, motives for moving and editing the exhibit. It has been alleged that Small censored the show and placed it in an obscure location to detract attention from the Arctic Wildlife Refuge at a time when debates were underway in Congress as to whether the refuge should be open for gas and oil drilling.
 
'''Results of Incident:''' Small maintains that there was no pressure or attempt to advocate drilling in the refuge, however an investigation into this case and whether or not the museum is used to advocate political issues is ongoing. <P>
 
'''Source:''' www.artistsnetwork.org, The New York Times
 
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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.

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



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