Shark (sculpture)

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Date: 2006-present [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: Europe [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Sculpture Installation [[:Category:|]]


Artist: artist David Cerny, curator William Hollister


Confronting Bodies: Bielsko-Biaa deputy mayor, the city hall


Dates of Action: September 2006


Location: Bielsko-Biaa, Poland


Description of Artwork: "Shark" is a life-size sculpture of Saddam Hussein in his underwear, trussed up in ropes and chains, his arms behind his body, floating face down in a glass tank filled with greenish liquid.

The Incident: The piece was pulled out from the show after a call from the deputi mayor.

Results of Incident: The work was invited to another Polish gallery, in Cieszyn, with the support of that town's mayor.

Source: Hilda Hoy, The Prague Post October 4th 2006 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]