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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2005|2005]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting | |||
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[[File:Bush.jpg|left]] | |||
'''Artist:''' unknown | '''Artist:''' unknown | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Borders Bookstore customers, Borders general manager | |||
'''Date of Action:''' March 2005 | |||
'''Location:''' Borders Bookstore, York PA, USA | |||
'''Location:''' Borders Bookstore, York PA | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' A painting depicting President Bush as a puppet manipulated by his advisors. (As no artist is identified, it is unclear which painting it is, as there are several different ones.) | |||
[[File:Bush2.jpg|right]] | |||
'''The Incident:''' After three customers complained about the painting, the general manager of the Borders Bookstore decided to remove the painting from display, cutting short the month the artist's work was supposed to be presented. Borders claimed the removal was to "make every customer comfortable" and the store's policy is to ban "anything that is obviously offensive to the normal community standard." | '''The Incident:''' After three customers complained about the painting, the general manager of the Borders Bookstore decided to remove the painting from display, cutting short the month the artist's work was supposed to be presented. Borders claimed the removal was to "make every customer comfortable" and the store's policy is to ban "anything that is obviously offensive to the normal community standard." | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Other, non-complaining customers recognize the potential this standard has for the removal of nearly anything in the store that may offend a small group of the community. | '''Results of Incident:''' Other, non-complaining customers recognize the potential this standard has for the removal of nearly anything in the store that may offend a small group of the community. | ||
'''Source:''' York Daily Record, www.ydr.com | '''Source:''' York Daily Record, www.ydr.com | ||
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[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Painting]] | [[Category:Painting]] | ||
[[Category:unknown]] | [[Category:unknown]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 9 January 2012
Date: 2005
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Painting
Artist: unknown
Confronting Bodies: Borders Bookstore customers, Borders general manager
Date of Action: March 2005
Location: Borders Bookstore, York PA, USA
Description of Artwork: A painting depicting President Bush as a puppet manipulated by his advisors. (As no artist is identified, it is unclear which painting it is, as there are several different ones.)
The Incident: After three customers complained about the painting, the general manager of the Borders Bookstore decided to remove the painting from display, cutting short the month the artist's work was supposed to be presented. Borders claimed the removal was to "make every customer comfortable" and the store's policy is to ban "anything that is obviously offensive to the normal community standard."
Results of Incident: Other, non-complaining customers recognize the potential this standard has for the removal of nearly anything in the store that may offend a small group of the community.
Source: York Daily Record, www.ydr.com
