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|subject=Explicit Sexuality, Nudity | |subject=Explicit Sexuality, Nudity | ||
|confronting_bodies=Metropolitan | |confronting_bodies=Metropolitan | ||
|date_of_action=March-April 2012 | |||
|location=London, England | |||
|description_of_content=Derrick Santini's exhibit "Metamorphosis," included an image that depicts the story of Leda and the Swan, a myth in which Zeus transforms into a swan and rapes the human, Leda. Santini's rendering of the ancient Greek myth was displayed in the gallery's window. | |description_of_content=Derrick Santini's exhibit "Metamorphosis," included an image that depicts the story of Leda and the Swan, a myth in which Zeus transforms into a swan and rapes the human, Leda. Santini's rendering of the ancient Greek myth was displayed in the gallery's window. | ||
|description_of_incident=There were no complaints from the general public about the open display of the image, but the metropolitan police took issue with the piece. An officer who saw the piece visited the gallery to demand the piece's removal. The gallery owners asked why the police demanded the removal of the piece, to which the police said that it implied and condoned bestiality, which they thought to be a punishable offense. | |description_of_incident=There were no complaints from the general public about the open display of the image, but the metropolitan police took issue with the piece. An officer who saw the piece visited the gallery to demand the piece's removal. The gallery owners asked why the police demanded the removal of the piece, to which the police said that it implied and condoned bestiality, which they thought to be a punishable offense. | ||