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''' | '''Date of Action:''' October, 2001 | ||
'''Location:''' Museo de Siyasa, Cieza, Spain | '''Location:''' Museo de Siyasa, Cieza, Spain | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Alicia en el pais del amor'' (Alice in Loveland) is a collection of photographic portraits of children, inspired by the photographic work of Lewis Carroll. | ||
'''The Incident:''' In 2001, Violeta Gomez held an exhibition titled | '''The Incident:''' In 2001, Violeta Gomez held an exhibition titled ''Alice in Loveland'' at the Museo de Siyasa, in Cieza (Spain). It consisted of a series of photographs of female children (aged 7 to 10), most of which had been previously exhibited at the near town of Molina de Segura a few months before. Some of the pictures featured nude or semi-nude children. | ||
After 20 days, the exhibition was prematurely closed by the Town Hall authorities (owners of the museum) as a result of pressure by Judge Concepcion Ferrer following a report from a Spanish Army officer belonging to the Guardia Civil corps. Immediately after, the judge confiscated all the photographs and ordered a raid at Gomez's house, seizing all her prints and negatives, the exhibitions' leaflets, as well as her literary works, videotapes and some art books by well-known photographers such as Irina Ionescu or Yoji Ishikawa. | After 20 days, the exhibition was prematurely closed by the Town Hall authorities (owners of the museum) as a result of pressure by Judge Concepcion Ferrer following a report from a Spanish Army officer belonging to the Guardia Civil corps. Immediately after, the judge confiscated all the photographs and ordered a raid at Gomez's house, seizing all her prints and negatives, the exhibitions' leaflets, as well as her literary works, videotapes and some art books by well-known photographers such as Irina Ionescu or Yoji Ishikawa. | ||
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