26.7.18
Artistic censorship
continues to pursue Pieter Paul Rubens. In the 17th century, the Flemish
Baroque painter was asked by the Catholic Church to paint camouflaging
‘loincloths’ over certain body parts of his Venus figures. Nowadays,
social media networks, including Facebook, go one step further. At the
moment it is not possible for us to promote our unique cultural heritage
via one of the most popular social media networks. Our art is
categorised as being indecent and sometimes even pornographic. This is
such a shame as it restricts the promotion of our Flemish
Masters. Flanders – the perfect place to enjoy the Flemish Masters in
all their glory – is denouncing this artistic censorship in a playful
manner. At the Rubens House, ‘nudity viewers’ with a Facebook account
were blocked from viewing nudity by a group of “social media police
agents”.
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# posted by claus_kirche @ 20:50 
