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{{Display censorship incident | {{Display censorship incident | ||
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|year=2007, | |year=2007, | ||
|region=North America | |region=North America | ||
|artist=Reinaldo A. Dennes and Shanon Playford | |artist=Reinaldo A. Dennes and Shanon Playford | ||
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|location=Austin, Texas | |location=Austin, Texas | ||
|description_of_content=The two artworks were part of a display in the Texas State Capitol Building. The Texas Moratorium Network, an anti-death penalty group, was responsible for the display, and so many of the pieces addressed the issue of capital punishment. "The Widowmaker," by Reinaldo A. Dennes, a prisoner on death row, features two white men watching a black man hang while another black prisoner looks on. "Doing God's Work" features a man tied to an electric chair, with the title of the work written underneath. | |description_of_content=The two artworks were part of a display in the Texas State Capitol Building. The Texas Moratorium Network, an anti-death penalty group, was responsible for the display, and so many of the pieces addressed the issue of capital punishment. "The Widowmaker," by Reinaldo A. Dennes, a prisoner on death row, features two white men watching a black man hang while another black prisoner looks on. "Doing God's Work" features a man tied to an electric chair, with the title of the work written underneath. | ||
|description_of_incident=Texas state Representative Borris Miles was walking through the building with his two children when he walked past the art display. He took down "The Widowmaker" and "Doing God's Work" because "As a black man, I was offended on the first one, and as a Christian on the second one." [http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2007-03-30/460808/] Miles also called for further oversight over the art selection process. | |description_of_incident=Texas state Representative Borris Miles was walking through the building with his two children when he walked past the art display. He took down "The Widowmaker" and "Doing God's Work" because "As a black man, I was offended on the first one, and as a Christian on the second one." [http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2007-03-30/460808/] Miles also called for further oversight over the art selection process. | ||
|description_of_result=Although the event was widely reported on in such newspapers as the ''Austin Chronicle'' and ''The Los Angeles Times,'' the artwork remained down until the display ended. | |description_of_result=Although the event was widely reported on in such newspapers as the ''Austin Chronicle'' and ''The Los Angeles Times,'' the artwork remained down until the display ended. | ||
|source=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Objectionable-artwork-on-display-at-Capitol-1845749.php | |||
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[[File:The_Widowmaker.jpeg|200px|right|thumbnail|The Widowmaker]] | |||
[[File:Doing_God's_Work.jpeg|200px|right|thumbnail|Doing God's Work]] | |||
See also http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2007-03-30/460808/ | |||