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'''Location:''' Chicago, Illinois
'''Location:''' Chicago, Illinois


'''Description of Artwork:''' ''Diamonds Are Forever'', a baseball art exhibit sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. The exhibit included a painting titled''Boys at Bat'' which depicts a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.
'''Description of Artwork:''' The painting was shown in the baseball art exhibit ''Diamonds Are Forever'', sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. ''Boys at Bat'' depicts a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.


'''The Incident:''' Sistrunk alleged the painting promotes sexual molestation and homosexuality while using baseball as a front. He met with Cultural Center officials requesting the removal of the painting.
'''The Incident:''' Sistrunk alleged the painting promotes sexual molestation and homosexuality while using baseball as a front. He met with Cultural Center officials requesting the removal of the painting.

Latest revision as of 16:29, 27 July 2011

Date: 1989

Region: North America

Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation

Medium: Painting


Artist: Eric Fischl

Confronting Bodies: Ziff Sistrunk, executive director of Chicago Sports Council

Dates of Action: July, 1989

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Description of Artwork: The painting was shown in the baseball art exhibit Diamonds Are Forever, sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. Boys at Bat depicts a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.

The Incident: Sistrunk alleged the painting promotes sexual molestation and homosexuality while using baseball as a front. He met with Cultural Center officials requesting the removal of the painting.

Results of Incident: The painting remained with the support of the Cultural Center and American Express.

Source: Committee For Artists' Rights Archive