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|subject=Nudity
|subject=Nudity
|confronting_bodies=Tennessee Arts Commission
|confronting_bodies=Tennessee Arts Commission
|medium=Film/Video
|medium=Film Video
|date_of_action=May 2007
|date_of_action=May 2007
|location=Nashville, Tennessee
|location=Nashville, Tennessee
|description_of_content=Four of the artist's videos were banned, including one video of partially clad women passing fruit back and forth with their bodies.
|description_of_content=Three artworks were banned, including one in two parts, totalling four videos. The pieces were called ''Private Action (crimson), Unclean'' and ''Devour.'' ''Devour'' featured partially clad women passing an orange back and forth with their bodies. [http://vimeo.com/10983539]
|description_of_incident=After winning the 2006 Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Media, Rehm was invited to display her work in TAC's gallery. Soon after the videos were sent to be displayed in the exhibit, which was to be called ''New Works'', they were rejected because one video contained partial nudity and the others were "too suggestive." While she was invited to submit some of her older work, the artist, suspecting that it would also be "too suggestive," declined.
|description_of_incident=After winning the 2006 Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Media, Rehm was invited to display her work in TAC's gallery. Soon after the videos were sent to be displayed in the exhibit, which was to be called ''New Works'', they were rejected because one video contained partial nudity and the others were "too suggestive." While she was invited to submit some of her older work, the artist, suspecting that they would also be "too suggestive," declined.
|description_of_result=In response to the NCAC's letter of complaint, Tennessee State Attorney General's office sent a letter in reply which stated that the nudity and suggestiveness were not the reasons for rejecting the artworks. Furthermore, the NCAC was informed that the TAC gallery no longer held a no nudity policy.
|description_of_result=In response to the NCAC's letter of complaint, Tennessee State Attorney General's office sent a letter in reply which stated that the nudity and suggestiveness were not the reasons for rejecting the artworks. Furthermore, the NCAC was informed that the TAC gallery no longer held a no nudity policy.
|source=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/silenced-sexuality/Content?oid=1194706
|source=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/silenced-sexuality/Content?oid=1194706
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Latest revision as of 15:08, 14 November 2016


Artist: Cindy Rehm

Year: 2007

Date of Action: May 2007

Region: North America

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Subject: Nudity

Medium: Film Video

Confronting Bodies: Tennessee Arts Commission

Description of Artwork: Three artworks were banned, including one in two parts, totalling four videos. The pieces were called Private Action (crimson), Unclean and Devour. Devour featured partially clad women passing an orange back and forth with their bodies. [1]

The Incident: After winning the 2006 Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Media, Rehm was invited to display her work in TAC's gallery. Soon after the videos were sent to be displayed in the exhibit, which was to be called New Works, they were rejected because one video contained partial nudity and the others were "too suggestive." While she was invited to submit some of her older work, the artist, suspecting that they would also be "too suggestive," declined.

Results of Incident: In response to the NCAC's letter of complaint, Tennessee State Attorney General's office sent a letter in reply which stated that the nudity and suggestiveness were not the reasons for rejecting the artworks. Furthermore, the NCAC was informed that the TAC gallery no longer held a no nudity policy.

Source:
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/silenced-sexuality/Content?oid=1194706