Thursday 31 March 2011

Naked artwork of Cameron and Clegg banned from council gallery

A naked artwork featuring David Cameron and Nick Clegg has been banned from a council-run art gallery. ”Brokeback Britain” by Brian Jones references the film Brokeback Mountain in its depiction of the party leaders as cowboys with their nether regions exposed [uncensored version here].
The entry had been selected for the Wrexham Print International Exhibition and appeared in the published catalogue. But despite its approval by an independent panel, the piece was withdrawn from display at the Oriel gallery at the behest of officials from Liberal Democrat-run Wrexham Council.
In the face of complaints of censorship by the artist, who was not informed of the piece’s removal before the exhibition opened, a council officer told the Wrexham Leader:
“In the run up to an election the authority has to follow strict guidance issued by central government. As the work of art in question was a satire on two political parties contesting the Assembly elections it would be inappropriate for it to feature in the show.”
taken from http://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/03/naked-artwork-of-cameron-and-clegg-banned-from-council-gallery/


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