Israel and art (or ‘art’) don’t mix
Circa magazine reports,
A publicly funded Melbourne art exhibit condemning Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians has been dismantled amid a political furore and reported threats of vandalism. The exhibit, which appears in a street shopfront, featured anti-Israel text against a backdrop of a Star of David. Its two creators erased the display last night after it was condemned as offensive by Jewish groups and the State Opposition.
I know this has been blogged about by others throughout the past week, but I think the angle from an art magazine as opposed to a Jewish newspaper adds something to subject…
Not just in the jewish papers, this story was front page on the daily papers yesterday here in Melbourne, with the exposure creating lots of debate, including a great cartoon in todays paper found at http://tinylink.com/?8D6ReY7cYG
Does Oz have libel laws? It’s not a question of art or not, it should be a question of reality.