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Jeremy Deller's exhibition in the Venice Biennale (view source)
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|subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion | |subject=Political/Economic/Social Opinion | ||
|confronting_bodies=The British Council | |confronting_bodies=The British Council | ||
|medium=Mixed Media | |medium=Mixed Media, Painting | ||
|date_of_action=March, 2013 | |date_of_action=March, 2013 | ||
|location=Britain | |location=Britain | ||
|description_of_content=Posters depiciting two protected harrier hen hawks and a banner emblazoned with the words "Prince Harry Kills Me", were planned as part of artist Jeremy Deller's British pavilion at the Venice Biennale. | |description_of_content=Posters depiciting two protected harrier hen hawks and a banner emblazoned with the words "Prince Harry Kills Me", were planned as part of artist Jeremy Deller's British pavilion at the Venice Biennale. | ||
|description_of_incident=At the behest of the British Council, the posters and banner were left out of the exhibition. "We asked Jeremy to reconsider the banner and poster … on the grounds that it could potentially be misconstrued in environments where the British army is currently deployed and perceived to be disrespectful of those who had lost their lives," said a British Council spokesman. | |description_of_incident=At the behest of the British Council, the posters and banner were left out of the exhibition. "We asked Jeremy to reconsider the banner and poster … on the grounds that it could potentially be misconstrued in environments where the British army is currently deployed and perceived to be disrespectful of those who had lost their lives," said a British Council spokesman. | ||
|description_of_result= | |description_of_result=Jeremy Deller agreed to remove the piece from the exhibition, and the exhibition was shown without it. | ||
|image=Jeremy-Deller-at-the-Veni-011.jpg | |image=Jeremy-Deller-at-the-Veni-011.jpg | ||
|source=http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/may/30/prince-harry-deller-venice-biennale | |source=http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/may/30/prince-harry-deller-venice-biennale | ||
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