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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2009|2009]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Language|Language]] [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Installation|Installation]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Gerard Mannix Flynn | '''Artist:''' Gerard Mannix Flynn (b.1957) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Dunamaise Arts Centre | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Dunamaise Arts Centre | ||
'''Date of Action:''' July 10, 2009 | |||
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'''Location:''' Portlaoise, a neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland | '''Location:''' Portlaoise, a neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The installation consisted of large panels, displaying a statement by a victim of abuse, containing the phrases (among others) "orally raped" and "anally raped". <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' The installation consisted of large panels, displaying a statement by a victim of abuse, containing the phrases (among others) "orally raped" and "anally raped". <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' The Arts Centre planned to move the exhibition to a gallery upstairs, to prevent any children who entered the gallery from seeing the display. The Centre justified its desicion citing its Child Protection Policy: http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/2008/files/ChildProtection.pdf. <P> | '''The Incident:''' The Arts Centre planned to move the exhibition to a gallery upstairs, to prevent any children who entered the gallery from seeing the display. The Centre justified its desicion citing its Child Protection Policy: http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/2008/files/ChildProtection.pdf. <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Mr. Flynn pulled his exhibition from the gallery. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Mr. Flynn pulled his exhibition from the gallery. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' http://www.midlandsradio.fm/news_detail.aspx?footer=1&news_id=8643 | '''Source:''' http://www.midlandsradio.fm/news_detail.aspx?footer=1&news_id=8643 | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:49, 14 February 2012
Date: 2009
Region: Europe
Subject: Language Explicit Sexuality
Medium: Installation
Artist: Gerard Mannix Flynn (b.1957)
Confronting Bodies: Dunamaise Arts Centre
Date of Action: July 10, 2009
Location: Portlaoise, a neighborhood in Dublin, Ireland
Description of Artwork: The installation consisted of large panels, displaying a statement by a victim of abuse, containing the phrases (among others) "orally raped" and "anally raped".
The Incident: The Arts Centre planned to move the exhibition to a gallery upstairs, to prevent any children who entered the gallery from seeing the display. The Centre justified its desicion citing its Child Protection Policy: http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/news/2008/files/ChildProtection.pdf.
Results of Incident: Mr. Flynn pulled his exhibition from the gallery.
Source: http://www.midlandsradio.fm/news_detail.aspx?footer=1&news_id=8643 http://www.independent.ie/national-news/exhibition-cancelled-after-artist-claims-work--censored-1815661.html http://www.votemannixflynn.ie/home.html
