NaziSexyMouse Stirs Controversy in Poland
A gallery created quite a stir in western Poland after displaying a huge poster that features a Nazi swastika behind a 1940s-style pin-up version of Mickey Mouse to advertise an exhibition. The controversial piece, entitled “NaziSexyMouse”, created by Italian artist, Max Papschi, has city officials protesting that it ‘violates a law banning the display of Nazi symbols‘. City officials are not the only ones who dislike the piece. Vandals ripped a giant hole in the two-story high poster, which the gallery then replaced.
However, the public prosecutor’s spokeswoman stated that no legal action would be taken since the poster, “did not break the law.”A gallery curator commented that “we don’t have to remove it as it’s a work of art. If it were just a swastika, it would be propagating Nazi symbols. The law allows such symbols to be used in academic and artistic contexts. Regardless, I’ve never seen Mickey look sexier…
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Social Europe Journal on 07.13.2010
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Interesting post….