Video pulled from first-of-its-kind exhibit on gay themes at the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC).
Inevitable probably. "I regret that some reports about the exhibit have created an impression that the video is intentionally sacrilegious,” Martin Sullivan, the Portrait Gallery’s director, said in a statement. “In fact, the artist’s intention was to depict the suffering of an AIDS victim. It was not the museum’s intention to offend. We have removed the video. http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article277617.ece Unfortunately, we can look forward to a lot more of the same now that Republican office-holders have suddenly become art connoisseurs. Martha -- The Lost Shoe http://www.chapbookpublisher.com/shop.html The Lost Shoe video http://www.sporkworld.org/Deed/lostshoe.mov this is visual poetry by Millie Niss (27 March 2010 release) this is visual poetry by Martha Deed (24 August 2010 release) http://thisisvisualpoetry.com Heat and 500 Favourite Words (Released July 2010) http://chapbookpublisher.com/tiny-shop.html _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
