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====Date: [[:Category:1985 - 1995|1985 - 1995]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
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====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====


====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
====Subject: [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]====


====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]] [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]====
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'''Artist:''' Eric Fischl
'''Artist:''' Eric Fischl
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'''Location:''' Chicago, Illinois
'''Location:''' Chicago, Illinois


'''Description of Artwork:''' "Boys at Bat" is a painting of a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.
'''Description of Artwork:''' The painting was shown in the baseball art exhibit ''Diamonds Are Forever'', sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. ''Boys at Bat'' depicts a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.


'''The Incident:''' "Diamonds Are Forever," a baseball art exhibit sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. Sistrunk alleged the painting promotes sexual molestation and homosexuality while using baseball as a front. He met with Cultural Center officials requesting the removal of the painting.
'''The Incident:''' Sistrunk alleged the painting promotes sexual molestation and homosexuality while using baseball as a front. He met with Cultural Center officials requesting the removal of the painting.


'''Results of Incident:''' The painting remained with the support of the Cultural Center and American Express.
'''Results of Incident:''' The painting remained with the support of the Cultural Center and American Express.
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'''Source:''' Committee For Artists' Rights Archive
'''Source:''' Committee For Artists' Rights Archive


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Latest revision as of 16:29, 27 July 2011

Date: 1989

Region: North America

Subject: Sexual/Gender Orientation

Medium: Painting


Artist: Eric Fischl

Confronting Bodies: Ziff Sistrunk, executive director of Chicago Sports Council

Dates of Action: July, 1989

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Description of Artwork: The painting was shown in the baseball art exhibit Diamonds Are Forever, sponsored by Worldwide Cultural Affairs and American Express Company at the Chicago Cultural Center. Boys at Bat depicts a picnic scene with a father and son. The father, completely nude except for a baseball cap, is swinging a baseball bat while the son stands aside holding a bat staring.

The Incident: Sistrunk alleged the painting promotes sexual molestation and homosexuality while using baseball as a front. He met with Cultural Center officials requesting the removal of the painting.

Results of Incident: The painting remained with the support of the Cultural Center and American Express.

Source: Committee For Artists' Rights Archive