Jérôme Galvin mural
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