20 February 2010

Nude II

Nude II
Organisers of the Visual Expressions exhibition in California have been criticised for removing a portrait of a female nude. The painting, Nude II by Jeff Hebron, was removed before the exhibition opened on 22nd January. The show, at The Merc, Temecula, will close tomorrow.

2 comments:

. said...

Censorship?

Matthew Hunt said...

Censored (removed) by the gallery, without the artist's knowledge. Apparently Hebron turned up at the opening reception expecting to see the painting, but it was not there. So he found it in a store room and tried to hang it himself, but was stopped by staff. Their rationale was that a painting of a nude is unsuitable for family audiences.