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====Date: [[:Category:1995 | ====Date: [[:Category:1995|1995]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]] [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Mixed Media|Mixed Media]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Mixed Media|Mixed Media | |||
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'''Artist:''' Christopher Gowell, Jodie Fernald, Margaret McCann, Michelle Duford, and Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid | '''Artist:''' Christopher Gowell, Jodie Fernald, Margaret McCann, Michelle Duford, and Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Buchanan for President staff | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Buchanan for President staff | ||
'''Date of Action:''' 1995 | |||
'''Location:''' Manchester, New Hampshire, USA | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The exhibit, ''Figure That'', features drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures and prints dealing with the human form. Some contain nudity and deal with homosexuality. <P> | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The exhibit, | |||
'''The Incident:''' Patrick Buchanan's staff rented the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences facilities for the announcement of his 1996 presidential campaign. Buchanan's staff members requested the exhibit's removal because the nudity and homosexual themes may offend Buchanan supporters. <P> | '''The Incident:''' Patrick Buchanan's staff rented the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences facilities for the announcement of his 1996 presidential campaign. Buchanan's staff members requested the exhibit's removal because the nudity and homosexual themes may offend Buchanan supporters. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The school administrators refused to acknowledge the staff member's requests and the works remained on display. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The school administrators refused to acknowledge the staff member's requests and the works remained on display. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1996 | '''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1996 | ||
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[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:Nudity]] | [[Category:Nudity]] | ||
[[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | [[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | ||
[[Category:Mixed Media]] | [[Category:Mixed Media]] | ||
[[Category:Christopher Gowell, Jodie Fernald, Margaret McCann, Michelle Duford, and Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid]] | [[Category:Christopher Gowell, Jodie Fernald, Margaret McCann, Michelle Duford, and Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid]] | ||
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Revision as of 02:51, 6 January 2012
Date: 1995
Region: North America
Subject: Nudity Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Mixed Media
Artist: Christopher Gowell, Jodie Fernald, Margaret McCann, Michelle Duford, and Amparo Carvajal-Hufschmid
Confronting Bodies: Buchanan for President staff
Date of Action: 1995
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Description of Artwork: The exhibit, Figure That, features drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures and prints dealing with the human form. Some contain nudity and deal with homosexuality.
The Incident: Patrick Buchanan's staff rented the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences facilities for the announcement of his 1996 presidential campaign. Buchanan's staff members requested the exhibit's removal because the nudity and homosexual themes may offend Buchanan supporters.
Results of Incident: The school administrators refused to acknowledge the staff member's requests and the works remained on display.
Source: Artistic Freedom Under Attack, 1996
