Name: peter kennard

Date: 1995 - present

Location: Europe

SubjectPolitical/Economic/Social Opinion

MediumPublic art


Artist: peter kennard

Confronting Bodies: sponsor and commssioner (Orange): 'brighten up London campaign'

Date of Action: December 2003

Specific Location: Trinity House, City of London, (UK)

Description of Artwork: light projection representing 'a painting of the Virgin Mary, replacing ehr face with an image of the Earth and turning her halo into a peace symbol'



Description of Incident: work not presented on grounds that 'what we were looking for was somethiing that people from littel children to grandparents could appreciate'



Results of Incident: work not presented



Source: Peter Kennard, 'Hung out to dry by the sponsors: Art's corporate backers decide what we can see in public spaces' Guardian (London and Manchester), Tuesday 30 December 2003 in the comment section and also on www.guardian.co.uk The article reproduces an

Submitted By: william jeffett


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