i wish to reply before catching up on the rest of mailartnetwork inbox to clemente padin's post. as a plane flies faster if seen closer to eye i don't want the rest of the i'm sure interesting inbox to distract... perhaps there will be a message of great concern i shd have noted well i will.
i think when - in 99.999999999 of cases - when the governments object to art it is about the governments' feelings and fears of illegitimacy and nothing else. as a child one realizes if one draws a fish on the sidewalk then casts one's fishing rod so the hook dangles near the fish one will fail to catch fish, but governments that confuse art with what it portrays should be laughed off history's stage. what i have read of the exhibition the police harassed and intimidated, kind of veers away from even conjecture why'd they think to hassle it. but remember, on this issue of jousting with religions, it is not a question of the first punch: if the religions will condemn gays, lesbians, artists, ironists,atheist intellectuals, single mothers, "exhibitionists" and so on, it is then a bit late to accuse the condemned of unkind criticality to the religions. We realize the religions can sometime be more powerful and numerous Rejecting religion's condemnation of our brilliant beautiful lives surely cannot be considered an unfair attack on our part of these bigoted constructs being wielded against us. Show some courage of conviction, if you want to condemn people on the basis of millenia old misreadings of ancient language text you will not expect agreement of those you condemn. Is that not fair? Myself I'd rather promote courage on the part of the condemned and let these wealthy numerous religions experience critical art full force. Planet wide. John Barlow, Canadnannndannanananannaa --- Clemente Padin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Friends, > fortunately the things have not gone farther, in the one which > concerns to the > exhibition " Axis of Evil: the secret history of sin" according to > an email of its curator, the artist Miguel Hern�ndez de Luna, the exhibition > "is no secret any > more, as a headline had previously mentioned. No ones going to jail and none > of the work has > been confiscated.". The exhibition has the support of the authorities of the > Columbia College > and had received a massive diffusion in the mediums. In his words: "The show > is doing what it is > supposed to do: question our times." > > However, we know that the first that the anti-democratic governments make is > attack the liberty > of expression repressing the free course of the ideas in the mediums of > communication and, > above all, in the art and the culture. For it, I think, we have to be > attentive to > everything the one which occurs in this sense. Otherwise, we could lose our > supreme law: > liberty. > > Fraternally, > ------------------------------------- > Amigos, > al parecer las cosas no han pasado a mayores, en lo que concierne a la > exhibici�n "El Eje > del Mal:la Historia Confidencial del Pecado". De acuerdo a correo electr�nico > de su curador, el > > artista Miguel Hern�ndez de Luna, la muestra "ya ha dejado de confidencial > como lo afirmara un > titular de prensa previamente difundido. Ninguna persona fue encarcelado ni > se ha confiscado > ninguna obra". La muestra cuenta con el apoyo de las autoridades del Columbia > College y ha > > recibido una difusi�n masiva en los medios.En sus palabras: "La exposici�n > est� haciendo lo que > se supuso que har�a: cuestionar nuestro tiempo". > > Sin embargo, todos sabemos que lo primero que hacen los gobiernos > anti-democr�ticos es atacar la > libertad de expresi�n reprimiendo el libre curso de las ideas en los medios > de comunicaci�n y, > > sobre todo, en el arte y la cultura. Por ello, creo, tenemos que estar > atentos a todo lo que > ocurra en este sentido. De lo contrario, podr�amos perder nuestro bien > preciado: la libertad. > > Fraternalmente, > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stamp art show not so secret now - April 13, 2005 > > BY NATASHA KORECKI Federal Courts Reporter > > News that the Secret Service visited a Columbia College art exhibit caused a > spike in gallery > visitors Tuesday, drawing about 150 curious art seekers to the South Loop > gallery. Exhibit > curator Michael Hernandez de Luna called the public response > overwhelming to "Axis of Evil, the Secret History of Sin," a collection of > sharply political > artwork on fake sheets of stamps. > Two Secret Service agents visited the gallery Thursday just before its public > opening, > responding to a citizen complaint about some of the pieces. > They followed with a phone call asking specifically about the artist who > created "Patriot Act," > a fake sheet of stamps picturing President Bush with a gun pointing at him. > 'We ... respect artistic freedoms' > The artist, Al Brandtner, was not returning phone calls. On Tuesday, the > Glass Curtain Gallery > at 1104 S. Wabash bustled with viewers all day, compared with the two dozen > or so people who > visited Monday before news of the government visit broke. > U.S. Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry said he doesn't know if the > inquiry is complete > but no artwork has been confiscated. > "We certainly respect artistic freedoms, but the Secret Service also has the > responsibility to > look into exhibits or statements when > necessary. In this instance we've done just that," Cherry said. "The Secret > Service hasn't > confiscated any artwork or questioned anyone against their wishes; we just > need to ensure as > best we can that this is nothing more than artwork with a political > statement." > Hernandez said the incident has generated a good discussion on the artwork > and the political > statements of the show. The exhibit > features work from 47 artists who are not affiliated with Columbia. > Artists' reaction? 'They love it' > Hernandez said Columbia received some e-mails calling the exhibit unpatriotic > or un-American. > But most of the responses were positive, he said. Hernandez didn't expect > Brandtner to make any > public statements. He said a few artists shunned the media and government > attention but nearly > all the artists embraced it. > "They love it. They knew what they were getting into," Hernandez said. > A mother and son browsing the exhibit Tuesday had different perspectives. > Lynne Sward, a > Virginia artist, called the > exhibit "provocative, clever and humorous." > Her son, Scottt Sward -- a Chicago resident who collects stamps -- said some > pieces "make my > stomach upset." The stamp sheets mocking the pope, Catholicism and its issues > with abuse by > priests were over the top, he said. "I feel funny about it. I find some of it > disturbing," he > said. "I'm Catholic; you don't want to think about that all the time with our > religion." > > http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-axis13.html > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > La exposici�n de sellos ya no es m�s un secreto - 13 de abril de 2005 > > Por NATASHA KORECKI, reportera de la Corte Federal > > Las noticias de que el Servicio Secreto visit� la galer�a del Columbia > College caus� > expectativas en las visitas el martes y atrajeron a m�s de 150 curiosos > investigadores de arte > en la South Loop Gallery. > El curador de la exhibici�n, Michael Hern�ndez de Luna, mencion� como > abrumadora la respuesta > del p�blico, una colecci�n de obras de arte correo, mayormente pol�ticas en > hojas de sellos de > correo ficticios. > Dos agentes del Servicio Secreto visitaron la galer�a el jueves, momentos > antes de su > inauguraci�n p�blica en respuesta a la queja de un ciudadano sobre algunas de > las obras. > Siguieron con una llamada telef�nica preguntando espec�ficamente sobre el > artista > que cre� "Patriota Act�a", una hoja de sellos de correos ap�crifa en donde se > ve al presidente > Bush con una arma apunt�ndole. > 'Nosotros.... respetamos las libertades art�sticas� > El artista, Al Brandtner, no devolvi� las llamadas telef�nicas. > El portavoz del Servicio Secreto de los EEUU, Jonathan Cherry dijo que no > sabe si > la investigaci�n se complet� pero que no se ha confiscado ninguna obra. > "Ciertamente respetamos las libertades art�sticas, pero el Servicio Secreto > tambi�n > tiene la responsabilidad de observar las exhibiciones o declaraciones cuando > es necesario. En > esta instancia s�lo hemos hecho eso", dijo Cherry. "El Servicio Secreto no ha > confiscado ninguna > obra ni interrog� contrariando los deseos de nadie; nosotros s�lo necesitamos > asegurarnos, como > mejor podamos, que �sto es otra cosa que una obra con intenci�n pol�tica." > Hern�ndez dijo que el incidente ha generado una gran discusi�n en la red de > artistas y > declaraciones pol�ticas sobre la muestra. La exhibici�n incluye trabajos de > 47 artistas que no > est�n vinculados al Columbia College. > �La reacci�n de los artistas? 'Ellos est�n encantados'. > Hern�ndez dijo que Columbia College recibi� unos e-mails llamando a la > exposici�n de > antipatri�tica o anti-americana. Pero la mayor parte de las reacciones fueron > positivas. > Hern�ndez no esper� a Brandtner para hacer declaraciones p�blicas. Dijo que > algunos artistas > escapan de los medios de comunicaci�n y de la atenci�n del gobierno pero casi > todos las > aceptaron. > "A ellos les encanta. Supieron que lo estaban logrando" dijo Hern�ndez. > Una madre y su hijo que visitaban la exhibici�n el martes ten�an diferentes > perspectivas. Lynne > Sward, una artista de Virginia, catalog� a la exhibici�n "provocativa, h�bil > y divertida". > Su hijo, Scottt Sward -un residente de Chicago que colecciona sellos de > correo- > dijo que algunas piezas "le dieron vuelta el est�mago". Las hojas de sellos > ap�crifos se r�en > del Papa, del catolicismo y su emisiones sobre el abuso sexual de sacerdotes > alcanzan la cima, > dijo. "Me divierto con ello. Encuentro que algunos de ellos son > perturbadores", dijo. "Soy > cat�lico; no quiero pensar acerca todo el tiempo en nuestra religi�n". > > http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-axis13.html > > > > > An artwork containing mock 37-cent stamps showing President Bush with a > revolver pointed at his > head is part of an exhibit at Columbia College's Glass Curtain Gallery titled > "Axis of Evil, the > Secret History of Sin" Tuesday, April, 12, 2005 in Chicago. The exhibit > captured the attention > of the Secret Service who sent agents to inspect the works last week > according to gallery > officials. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Una obra conteniendo sellos de correo ficticios de 37 centavos que escarnecen > la imagen del > presidente Bush con un rev�lver apuntando a su cabeza es parte de una > exhibici�n en la Columbia > College's Glass Curtain Gallery titulada "Eje del Mal, la Historia > Confidencial del Pecado", > martes, 12 de abril, 2005 en Chicago. La exhibici�n llam� la atenci�n del > Servicio Secreto que > envi� agentes a inspeccionar las obras la semana pasada seg�n fuentes > oficiales de la galer�a. > (AP Fotograf�a/ M. Spencer Verde) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! 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