{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f5309d44f68d0010e536e1/668e401cdc8439e06b0f9ec0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Two Minute Googles: Controversial Art","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64f5309d44f68d0010e536e1/1720598590378-17f29e51051001fc328e8b3dd54cbdb0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode we discuss artworks that have caused controversy both in and out of the art world.</p><p><br></p><p>We talk about Ai Weiwei's 1995 triptych<em> Dropping</em> <em>a Han Dynasty Urn, </em>that<em> </em>pissed off people who saw it as nothing more than a brazen act of destruction.</p><p>And Santiago Sierra's <em>Union Flag</em>, proposed as an inclusion in 2021's Dark Mofo festival in Hobart. It caused so much outrage that not only was it scrapped, but Dark Mofo itself felt the need</p><p>to sanitise its 2022 exhibition line up in order to avoid any more negative publicity.</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/learn/schools/teachers-guides/ai-weiwei-dropping-han-dynasty-urn-1995\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn</a></p><p><a href=\"https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-smashes-ai-weiwei-vase-at-perez-art-museum-miami-1302\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Maximo Caminero Smashes Weiwei vase</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/03/19/santiago-sierra-will-soak-british-flag-in-blood-of-colonised-peoples\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Santiago Sierra Union Flag</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/left-without-a-voice-artist-behind-blood-soaked-flag-attacks-decision-to-cancel-it-20210325-p57dv4.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sierra on the decision to cancel</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jun/17/dark-mofo-2022-one-year-on-from-major-controversy-has-the-festival-learned-from-its-mistakes#:~:text='We%20made%20a%20mistake'%3A,was%20deeply%20painful%20to%20many.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Mofo One Year On</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.hauntedcow.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Our Website</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/hauntedcowcollective\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></p><p><a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/hauntedcowcollective\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p>","author_name":"Haunted Cow Collective"}