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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe | ====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category: | ====Subject: [[:Category:Religion|Religion]], [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Installation|Installation]] [[:Category:Sculpture|Sculpture]] [[:Category:Video Art|Video Art]]==== | ====Medium: [[:Category:Installation|Installation]], [[:Category:Sculpture|Sculpture]], [[:Category:Video Art|Video Art]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Dorota Nieznalska | '''Artist:''' Dorota Nieznalska | ||
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'''Location:''' Gdansk, Poland. | '''Location:''' Gdansk, Poland. | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The artwork entitled | '''Description of Artwork:''' The artwork entitled ''Passion,'' depicts a cross, adorned with fragments of photographs depicting a male nude with exposed genitalia. Projected upon the cross and photographs is an image of a man's face contorted from the rigors of exercise. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' The piece was displayed in the experimental twenty-year-old Wyspa Gallery in Gdansk. Notoriety was created regarding the piece after it was aired on television, neither exhibiting the entire piece, nor giving the viewing audience an explanation of the artist’s intention. Political uproar ensued and Nieznalska was brought into court, accused of violating article 196 of the Polish penal code, which protects religious feelings. Also of note, the Polish constitution affords it's citizenry the right to free expression. <P> | '''The Incident:''' The piece was displayed in the experimental twenty-year-old Wyspa Gallery in Gdansk. Notoriety was created regarding the piece after it was aired on television, neither exhibiting the entire piece, nor giving the viewing audience an explanation of the artist’s intention. Political uproar ensued and Nieznalska was brought into court, accused of violating article 196 of the Polish penal code, which protects religious feelings. Also of note, the Polish constitution affords it's citizenry the right to free expression. <P> | ||
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'''Source:''' Email Petition. | '''Source:''' Email Petition. | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2003]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:2000s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:21st century]] | ||
[[Category:Europe]] | [[Category:Europe]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:Poland]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Religion]] | ||
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | [[Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation]] | ||
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="font-style: italic;">Passion</span> (sculpture/video}} | |||
