Artist: artist Sarah Hope Confronting Bodies: Wyvern Theatre Management Date of Action: December 2001 Specific Location: Wyvern Theatre Gallery, Swindon, England, UK Description of Artwork: Charcoal drawings of male nudes Description of Incident: Taken down by Swindon theatre gallery because they believed the drawings might cause offense to families durring pantomine season. Results of Incident: Local Newspaper Swindon Evening Advertiser ran a story on the 15th December 2001 regarding the incident. Drawings were replaced with work by other artist which happened to depict female torsos Source: See the Swindon Evening Advertiser newspaper article on my website http://www.sarahhope.com |