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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1993|1993]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]] [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]], [[:Category:Nudity|Nudity]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category: | ====Medium: [[:Category:Photography|Photography]], [[:Category:Mixed Media|Mixed Media]], [[:Category:Installation|Installation]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' Visual Arts Center of Alaska | '''Artist:''' Visual Arts Center of Alaska | ||
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'''Location:''' Anchorage, Alaska | '''Location:''' Anchorage, Alaska | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' ''Seeing Red, White or Blue -- Censored in the USA'' compiles works of art that have been censored or threatened with censorship, including Robert Mapplethorpe's [[X Portfolio]] photographs, Dread Scott's [[What Is The Proper Way To Display A U.S. Flag?]], and a number of other works from across the country. | ||
'''The Incident:''' The Alaskans United Chapter of AFA filed a complaint with the police claiming VAC was in violation of local obscenity laws. The group demanded that the show be closed, but the police department failed to find the exhibit obscene. Meanwhile, the Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter stole the flag in Scott's work three times. Community member Robin Brogan stole the flag as well because she claimed it needed to be in "protective custody" to keep it from being desecrated further. | '''The Incident:''' The Alaskans United Chapter of AFA filed a complaint with the police claiming VAC was in violation of local obscenity laws. The group demanded that the show be closed, but the police department failed to find the exhibit obscene. Meanwhile, the Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter stole the flag in Scott's work three times. Community member Robin Brogan stole the flag as well because she claimed it needed to be in "protective custody" to keep it from being desecrated further. | ||
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'''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack 1994 | '''Source:''' Artistic Freedom Under Attack 1994 | ||
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[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 15 November 2016
Date: 1993
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Sexual/Gender Orientation, Nudity
Medium: Photography, Mixed Media, Installation
Artist: Visual Arts Center of Alaska
Confronting Bodies: Christian and veterans' groups
Dates of Action: 1993
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Description of Artwork: Seeing Red, White or Blue -- Censored in the USA compiles works of art that have been censored or threatened with censorship, including Robert Mapplethorpe's X Portfolio photographs, Dread Scott's What Is The Proper Way To Display A U.S. Flag?, and a number of other works from across the country.
The Incident: The Alaskans United Chapter of AFA filed a complaint with the police claiming VAC was in violation of local obscenity laws. The group demanded that the show be closed, but the police department failed to find the exhibit obscene. Meanwhile, the Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter stole the flag in Scott's work three times. Community member Robin Brogan stole the flag as well because she claimed it needed to be in "protective custody" to keep it from being desecrated further.
Results of Incident: When the Alaska State Council on the Arts met to allocate funds among Alaska arts groups and individuals, Council Member Dale Hanson proposed cutting all of VAC's state funds. Hanson's motion failed in a 4-6 vote, and the center received three-fourths of the funding requested in its grant proposal.
Source: Artistic Freedom Under Attack 1994
