Controversial Art Shows

A controversial performance art exhibit titled "The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama" was shut down by police in Manhattan and the artist was interviewed by police and released without charge, reports Mark Crudele on ABC.com. The Boston-born performance artist Yazmany Arboleda set up his art exhibition at a vacant storefront and wrote THE ASSASSINATION OF HILLARY CLINTON/THE ASSASSINATION OF BARACK OBAMA in white stenciled letters on the front window. New York police officers and secret-service agents quickly shut down the exhibition. Arboleda was taken to the Midtown South police precinct for an interview. In other news, a Melbourne artist's exhibition of a series of nude photographs of eleven-year-old boys to protest against the censorship of photographer Bill Henson's work passed without incident tonight, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Victoria Larielle's works, taken in 2001, were displayed under the provocative title “I am not a pornographer nor a pedophile but an artist.” A police spokesman said a Melbourne detective had visited the art exhibition but no charges were expected. Last month, police had seized twenty Henson photographs of a naked adolescent girl and boy, as Artforum.com noted. (For full source and full article click the Headline). Irish Art