Jérôme Galvin mural

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Artist: Jérôme Galvin

Year: 2014

Date of Action: June 30, 2014

Region: Europe

Location: Moustiers Sainte-Marie, France

Subject: Nudity, Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Installation, Painting

Confronting Bodies: Mayor Patrica Brun

Description of Artwork: Jérôme Galvin was commissioned to create a site-specific mural for the reopening of a ceramic museum on June 27, 2014. The mural spanned 5 meters, the length of an entire wall. Galvin said the pieces were, "[an] inspiration from this historic genre, grotesque and burlesque, rich and well known…I portrayed, in a more contemporary manner, small figures, some of them nude, in ridiculous positions. One was a urinating aristocrat."

The Incident: The newly elected mayor deemed the images as "insanities, vices, and pornography." Mayor Patricia Brun had drywall installed over the mural, completely covering the artwork before the museum opening.

Results of Incident: The artist and the mayor came to the decision that fig leaves would be placed over certain areas to cover the nudity in the mural.

Source:
http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/mayor-censors-mural-at-french-ceramics-museum-51314