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====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political|Political]], | ====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]], [[:Category:Performance|Performance]] | ====Medium: [[:Category:Painting|Painting]], [[:Category:Performance Art|Performance Art]], [[:Category:Music|Music]]==== | ||
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'''Location:''' Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, California, USA | '''Location:''' Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, California, USA | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' The show comprised of a painting series of fictionalized pairings of LAPD officers and gang members in same-sex dancing poses. | '''Description of Artwork:''' The show comprised of a painting series of fictionalized pairings of LAPD officers and gang members in same-sex dancing poses. These were accompanied by music, a mix of 70’s disco, police sirens, campy bantering between gang members and their arresting officers, and a voice-over of Keith Antar Mason’s poem, which is also transcribed onto the actual walls of the galleries. | ||
'''The Incident:''' The Watts Community Action Council, a locally based community group, led the charge against the exhibition. Representatives of the group threatened an angry protest during the opening reception and stated that violent actions might occur, such as angry residents attacking the artwork itself or perhaps the individuals. The Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Department and the Art Center administration canceled the show. | '''The Incident:''' The Watts Community Action Council, a locally based community group, led the charge against the exhibition. Representatives of the group threatened an angry protest during the opening reception and stated that violent actions might occur, such as angry residents attacking the artwork itself or perhaps the individuals. The Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Department and the Art Center administration canceled the show. | ||
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[[Category:Performance]] | [[Category:Performance Art]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
[[Category:Exhibition]] | [[Category:Exhibition]] | ||
[[Category:Political | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political]] | ||
[[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | [[Category:Explicit Sexuality]] | ||
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