https://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=Don%27t_Shoot_(painting)&feed=atom&action=historyDon't Shoot (painting) - Revision history2024-03-29T06:17:42ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=Don%27t_Shoot_(painting)&diff=13216&oldid=prevNCACAdmin at 18:51, 15 February 20182018-02-15T18:51:43Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_result=The artist responded by saying the painting was intended to provoke discussion. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"My intent was just to raise awareness </del>and to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">spark </del>a positive <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">discussion about what's going </del>in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">United States and also to inspire youth of color</del>,<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" </del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">said Lroy</del>. (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</del>Madison<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'s 'Don't Shoot' painting draws </del>police <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">criticism</del>,<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" Journal Sentinel)</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|description_of_result=The artist responded by saying the painting was intended to provoke discussion. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In light of the backlash </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">criticism, Lroy stood up not only for his piece but for his First Amendment right </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">freedom of speech. “Art is </ins>a positive <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outlet for expression, emotion and activism,” Lroy wrote </ins>in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">description accompanying the painting. It is meant “to empower black individuals who are feeling angry</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forgotten</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and demonized by the mainstream narrative</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">” </ins>(<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">CBLDF, “Don’t Shoot” Painting Incites Controversy from Police Advocacy Groups in </ins>Madison<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, WI)</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>NCACAdminhttps://wiki.ncac.org/index.php?title=Don%27t_Shoot_(painting)&diff=13215&oldid=prevNCACAdmin: Created page with "{{Display censorship incident |ongoing=no |year=2015 |region=North America |artist=Mike Lroy, |subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Violence |confronting_bodies=Madison..."2018-02-15T18:49:11Z<p>Created page with "{{Display censorship incident |ongoing=no |year=2015 |region=North America |artist=Mike Lroy, |subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Violence |confronting_bodies=Madison..."</p>
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|year=2015<br />
|region=North America<br />
|artist=Mike Lroy,<br />
|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Violence<br />
|confronting_bodies=Madison Central Public Library; Wisconsin Professional Police Association; Madison Professional Police Officers Association<br />
|medium=Painting<br />
|date_of_action=May 2015<br />
|location=Madison, WI<br />
|description_of_content=“Don’t Shoot” is a painting in acrylic on canvas by 22-year-old artist and Madison native Mike Lroy. It depicts three riot police pointing their guns at a small, toy-gun wielding African-American child.<br />
|description_of_incident=In a joint statement, the Wisconsin Professional Police Association and the Madison Professional Police Officers Association say that while they have “utmost respect for the value of artistic expression and free speech,” they are “deeply troubled” by a piece that “only serves to advance patently negative law enforcement stereotypes.”<br />
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The groups did not ask for the painting to be removed; in their statement they say they “find this publicly-sponsored art display both offensive and indicative of terribly poor judgment.”<br />
|description_of_result=The artist responded by saying the painting was intended to provoke discussion. "My intent was just to raise awareness and to spark a positive discussion about what's going in the United States and also to inspire youth of color," , said Lroy. ("Madison's 'Don't Shoot' painting draws police criticism," Journal Sentinel)<br />
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[http://cbldf.org/2015/05/dont-shoot-painting-incites-controversy-from-police-advocacy-groups-in-madison-wi/ “Don’t Shoot” Painting Incites Controversy from Police Advocacy Groups in Madison, WI], <br />
by Caitlin McCabe, CBLDF, May 11, 2015<br />
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[http://ncac.org/blog/police-groups-react-todont-shoot-library-art Police Groups React to ‘Don’t Shoot’ Library Art], by PETER HART, NCAC, MAY 1, 2015<br />
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[http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Controversial-piece-of-art-displayed-at-Madison-Central-Public-Library-302172541.html UPDATE: Artist behind 'Don't Shoot' piece speaks on the current controversy], WMTV. Updated Friday, May 1, 2015<br />
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[http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=17048 Anatomy of an art controversy: Mike Lroy’s “Don’t Shoot” at Madison Public Library],by LIBRARYASINCUBATORPROJECT on Jul 21, 2015<br />
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[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-police-groups-object-to-dont-shoot-art-piece-20150501-story.html Police groups object to 'Don't Shoot' art piece at Wisconsin library], Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2015<br />
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[http://host.madison.com/news/local/don-t-shoot-painting-at-madison-library-draws-criticism-from/article_44831707-6849-5a9e-8ccb-32d4bd70fc2e.html 'Don't Shoot' painting at Madison library draws criticism from police unions], BILL NOVAK bnovak@madison.com May 1, 2015<br />
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[http://archive.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/madisons-dont-shoot-painting-draws-police-criticism-b99492340z1-302190501.html/ Madison's 'Don't Shoot' painting draws police criticism], By Ashley Luthern of the Journal Sentinel, May 1, 2015</div>NCACAdmin