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|artist=Derrick Santini, | |artist=Derrick Santini, | ||
|subject=Explicit Sexuality, Nudity | |subject=Explicit Sexuality, Nudity | ||
|confronting_bodies=Metropolitan | |confronting_bodies=Metropolitan Police, London | ||
|medium=Photography | |||
|date_of_action=March-April 2012 | |date_of_action=March-April 2012 | ||
|location=London, England | |location=London, England | ||
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|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. | ||
|description_of_result=The exhibition was already over by the time the police showed up, but the owner of the gallery said that she did not know what they would have done had they come earlier and demanded the piece's removal. | |description_of_result=The exhibition was already over by the time the police showed up, but the owner of the gallery said that she did not know what they would have done had they come earlier and demanded the piece's removal. | ||
|image=Exhibit-swan.jpg | |||
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Metamorphosis: | |||
https://derricksantini.com/exhibitions.html | |||
Unfolded Blog, 04/2012: http://unfoldedmagazine.blogspot.com/2012/04/metamorphosis.html | |||