Artist: M F Husain
Confronting Bodies: Protestors in India
Date of Action: 2007
Specific Location: Mumbai, India
Description of Artwork: A painting of a nude goddess bent into the shape of a map of India.
Description of Incident: In the case of the 91-year-old M F Husain, the protests have been both constitutional and anarchic. His paintings have been slashed and burned and spray-painted, his films banned in Gujarat, and until recently there were obscenity cases against him in courts across the country.
Although some find nothing controversial about his works, his becoming a target can be attributed to him being Muslim.
Results of Incident: Husain continues to be protested, as there is no means of countering the attacks.
Source: The Times of India
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