Monday, February 09, 2009

China: the State attacks art as porn, the bloggers strike back...

Chinese Internet users angered by censorship in cyberspace have dressed up images of famous renaissance nudes in a protest against Beijing's crackdown on “vulgar”  online content.

Images posted as part of the protest include Michelangelo's statue “David” shown in a Mao suit while black socks and a strategically placed necktie were added to the artist's depiction of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

The protest began last week after a user of the social networking site Douban.com complained that images of several paintings, including Titian's nude “Venus of Urbino,” had been deleted from an online photo album. More...

See also:

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  4. Why are the people of China doing push-ups?

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