20 Jan :: A Funeral Procession for Freedom of Expression!
Protest Art Censorship from the Smithsonian to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
11:00AM
506 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Join US! A Funeral Procession for Freedom of Expression!
CSPG will join Artists and activists, along with supporters of free speech and free expression, to gather with props and posters to protest the escalation of art censorship. Join us in front of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
Over-reacting to complaints by Republican congressional leaders, Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Museum, recently removed David Wojnarowicz's 1987 video, "A Fire in My Belly," from a critically acclaimed exhibition about gay-themed portraiture. Clough will speak at the Biltmore on January 20th at noon as part of Town Hall Los Angeles public issues series.
Additional censorship information: Deeming it potentially offensive, Jeffrey Deitch, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in Los Angeles, recently whitewashed a mural he commissioned by Blu, an internationally renowned Italian street artist. The mural was to be an important part of MoCA's upcoming street art exhibition, "Art in the Street." Blu's powerful anti-war mural featured coffins draped in dollar bills.
