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23 May

But is it art?

Posted by Neil in beautiful, culture, easy on the eye, weird.

Here in Sydney even Kevin Rudd has expressed his disapproval…

NOW A PAGE.

2 Responses to this post.

  1. Posted by hello.com.au » The blogosphere reacts to Bill Henson on May 24, 2008 at 1:19 pm

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  2. Posted by gripeslex@gmail.com on May 26, 2008 at 7:14 am

    You don’t need to know much about art to know that Australians’ have a tendency for mass hysteria when it comes to issues about art. The controversy surrounding the cost of Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles for example. The outrage at William Dobell winning the Archibald Prize; the shock of a replica of Michelangelo’s David on display in a public shopping centre; the loathing that met the abstract sculpture known as the “Yellow Peril” in Melbourne; the furore that was at the exhibition of the painting Piss Christ. And so on and so on and so on it goes. Australian’s love their sport but when it comes to art I’m afraid we’re amongst the Philistines.

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