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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2010|2010]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting | |||
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[[File:Hanson3.jpg|left]] | |||
'''Artist:''' Kate Hansen | '''Artist:''' Kate Hansen | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Facebook | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Facebook | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' March 27-29 2010, April 5, 2010, and April 7, 2010 | '''Dates of Action:''' March 27-29 2010, April 5, 2010, and April 7, 2010 | ||
'''Location:''' Facebook | '''Location:''' Facebook | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' This series of paintings is called ''Madonna and Child'', and depicts women breastfeeding or just holding their babies while having a sort of halo above them. <P> | |||
[[File:Hanson1.jpg|right]] | |||
'''The Incident:''' Hansen posted one of her ''Madonna and Child'' paintings on a Facebook group page called Portrait and Figure Artists. It was removed on March 27. Thinking it was a mistake, she re-posted the painting along with some other Madonnas. They were all taken off the site, and she received an email from Facebook, saying that she violated their Terms of Use by posting something hateful, threatening, or obscene. <P> | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' Hansen responded to Facebook by sending an email questioning their policy. Full nude paintings were allowed to remain on the site while hers, which were less explicit and just showed breastfeeding, were taken down. She started a group on Facebook protesting this policy. <P> | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' Hansen responded to Facebook by sending an email questioning their policy. Full nude paintings were allowed to remain on the site while hers, which were less explicit and just showed breastfeeding, were taken down. | |||
She started a group on Facebook protesting this policy. | |||
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'''Source:''' http://www.katehansenart.com/; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105484426150424&ref=mf; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109151119105733&ref=mf | '''Source:''' http://www.katehansenart.com/; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105484426150424&ref=mf; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109151119105733&ref=mf | ||
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[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 17 February 2012
Date: 2010
Region: North America
Subject: Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Painting
Artist: Kate Hansen
Confronting Bodies: Facebook
Dates of Action: March 27-29 2010, April 5, 2010, and April 7, 2010
Location: Facebook
Description of Artwork: This series of paintings is called Madonna and Child, and depicts women breastfeeding or just holding their babies while having a sort of halo above them.
The Incident: Hansen posted one of her Madonna and Child paintings on a Facebook group page called Portrait and Figure Artists. It was removed on March 27. Thinking it was a mistake, she re-posted the painting along with some other Madonnas. They were all taken off the site, and she received an email from Facebook, saying that she violated their Terms of Use by posting something hateful, threatening, or obscene.
Results of Incident: Hansen responded to Facebook by sending an email questioning their policy. Full nude paintings were allowed to remain on the site while hers, which were less explicit and just showed breastfeeding, were taken down. She started a group on Facebook protesting this policy.
Source: http://www.katehansenart.com/; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105484426150424&ref=mf; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109151119105733&ref=mf
