Nude Controversy at the Arts Festival
Well it looks like controversy hits the Arts Festival this year, with an installation piece that featured nudity. It was located in PPG Place, where just about anyone could see it. Here is a quote from the article.
“A nude video installation by a local artist proved to be a little too risqué for the Wintergarden at PPG Place. It was covered, unplugged, then moved to another site as part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival” –Trib
I find it funny that people were trying to cover it up and unplug it. I can just imagine some lady after viewing it, running around, hands waving in the air looking for the plug. I didn’t get a chance to see this for myself, but from what that article said it was done tastefully. But I guess I will never know since it was taken down.
My right to view the art piece was taken away because it offended someone. What these people don’t understand about art is, if you don’t like it, don’t look at it. No one was being forced to look at it, but now we are being forced not to.
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June 12th, 2007 at 10:03 am
It was all an oversight of the people setting up the festival. The grounds the art was located on did not want anything that was not family appropriate, but whoever set up the exhibit was not informed of this until it was too late.
I believe the exhibit is to be relocated to the Arts Festival’s headquarters on Liberty, but that’s just if the artist has enough time to set it up again before she leaves town.
June 12th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Yeah it was an miss communacation. But still its not like it would be the end of the world if it stayed up a few more days. There are only 5 days left.