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Date: 2006-present [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: Europe [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Other [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Sculpture [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Encore Events
Confronting Bodies: French court, Judge Louis-Marie Raingeard
Dates of Action: Opened on February 12, 2009; was banned in April 2009.
Location: Paris exhibition
Description of Artwork: Chinese corpses
The Incident: A French judge on Tuesday slapped a ban on a Paris exhibition on the human anatomy that featured body parts from Chinese corpses, saying the display was indecent. Judge Louis-Marie Raingeard also ordered authorities to seize the body parts from the 17 Chinese men and women on display to allow for talks on providing them with a proper burial.
Results of Incident: Pascal Bernardin, manager of Encore Events, is appealing the ban.
Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i5TtkDoy-H7MCHIvFub57wIyrRbg [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]
