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Visual Art Mapplethorpe Foundation Joins In: The Last Victim of the Culture Wars Stands Up for the Current Victim
Posted by Jen Graves on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:27 PM
From @kristoncapps,
Breaking: Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation suspending funding for all @smithsonian exhibitions unless Wojnarowicz video is reinstated.
Meanwhile, AA Bronson's request to have his own art removed from the Hide/Seek show is denied by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Felix is now being held hostage. "These, ladies and gentlemen, are America's cultural stewards in the nation's capital."
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The Smithsonian really is proving quite invertebrate. Why the hell are they letting a vocal fundie minority dictate what we display as important to our culture!?! The NPG knows 'Fire In My Belly' isn't attacking Christians. Asshattery all around.
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Chronologically, wasn't Andres Serrano a victim of this same issue between Mapplethrope and the current victim?
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