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====Subject: [[:Category:Religion|Religion]]====


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'''Artist:''' Danny Yung
'''Artist:''' Danny Yung


'''Confronting Bodies:''' German and Chinese officials
'''Confronting Bodies:''' German and Chinese officials


 
'''Dates of Action:''' August, 2000
 
'''Dates of Action:''' August 2000
 
 


'''Location:''' China
'''Location:''' China


'''Description of Artwork:''' Two-thousand large swastikas intended for an exhibition in Germany.    <P>
'''Description of Artwork:''' Two-thousand large swastikas intended for an exhibition in Germany.    <P>


'''The Incident:''' German officials refused the swastikas entry into Germany. Yung intended to use them in an exhbit at the Hong Kong-Berlin Arts Festival.  Swastikas are illegal in Germany and viewed with suspicion in China; their representation of Buddha's heart is used by the outlawed, Chinese Buddhist group, Falun Gong.  <P>
'''The Incident:''' German officials refused the swastikas entry into Germany. Yung intended to use them in an exhbit at the Hong Kong-Berlin Arts Festival.  Swastikas are illegal in Germany and viewed with suspicion in China; their representation of Buddha's heart is used by the outlawed, Chinese Buddhist group, Falun Gong.  <P>


'''Results of Incident:''' German officials ordered Yung to burn the swastikas or return them to Hong Kong. <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' German officials ordered Yung to burn the swastikas or return them to Hong Kong. <P>


'''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 6/2000
'''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 6/2000
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Latest revision as of 17:52, 10 February 2012

Date: 2000

Region: Asia, Europe

Subject: Religion

Medium: Sculpture


Artist: Danny Yung

Confronting Bodies: German and Chinese officials

Dates of Action: August, 2000

Location: China

Description of Artwork: Two-thousand large swastikas intended for an exhibition in Germany.

The Incident: German officials refused the swastikas entry into Germany. Yung intended to use them in an exhbit at the Hong Kong-Berlin Arts Festival. Swastikas are illegal in Germany and viewed with suspicion in China; their representation of Buddha's heart is used by the outlawed, Chinese Buddhist group, Falun Gong.

Results of Incident: German officials ordered Yung to burn the swastikas or return them to Hong Kong.

Source: Index on Censorship, 6/2000