AW: AW: AW: [syndicate] fwd: EXCEPTION, EXHIBITION attacked byviolent nationalists IN BELGRADE

[horrorkatze at modukit.com]

Cowboy with a gun stayed 
taht's a real tragedy

again, I'm only discovering what you're all talking about (thanks for  
the pics, I can't watch youtube at work) and ...
>
> The problem is now in Belgrade that nobody from the state   
> institutions really wants to stand behind the exhibition, they give   
> only the verbal support they have to.

it feels very wrong to me that an exhibition should need state  
institutions to "stand behind" it

Even since the exhibition is
> closed there are attacks on the building of the gallery and the   
> artworks probably will have to be moved out.
> http://picasaweb.google.com/biroizbeograda/OdstupanjeUBeogradu

obviously the images of the two heroes were chosen because of their  
similarities in scale and color, it looks very nice like that
so, people were upset that an image of some guy they did not like was  
put up in a gallery and they tore this image down. and they left the  
image of elvis presley as cow boy, this means that they think the  
image of elvis presley is a good image to have in belgrade. they did a  
selection of pieces in the artwork, they did not like all of it they  
liked only the elvis presley... but that interpretation of their act  
would let one think that those people did not understand that the  
piece was a whole, elvis and the other guy inseparable. yet, they did  
not tear the elvis presley (as cowboy) if they resented the  
juxtaposition they should have destroyed both parts of the images
they did not destroy the elvis



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