18 September 2012

Surprised...?

 
The New York Times editorial of October 2, 1999, defends the display of Andres Serrano’s Piss Christ and Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary:
A museum is obliged to challenge the public as well as to placate it, or else the museum becomes a chamber of attractive ghosts, an institution completely disconnected from art in our time.
The New York Times editorial of September 12, 2012, condemns the display of The Innocence of Muslims:
Whoever made the film did true damage to the interests of the United States and its core principle of respecting all faiths.
Whatever happened to “challenging the public”? Or is that obligation rendered non-obligatory when a certain public responds to challenges by killing people?

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6 comments:

  1. Jonathan Bouren18 September, 2012 01:05

    Not surprised at all actually...

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  2. Blue18 September, 2012 05:45

    Nope, not really surprised here, either :)

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  3. Anonymous18 September, 2012 08:03

    Me either. Anymore, if I can even muster the effort to think "what asshats", I'm doing good.

    Morning Blue.

    Miss Violet

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  4. Blue18 September, 2012 09:30

    Mornin', Sunshine :)

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  5. Mark/GreyLocke18 September, 2012 12:41

    Simple display of the hypocrisy of the so called enlightened elite.

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  6. Blue19 September, 2012 20:19

    Enlightened Elite. Ummmm, yeah. :)

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