{"id":9025,"date":"2019-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-sculpture-that-is-too-rude-to-show-in-public\/"},"modified":"2019-07-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T00:00:00","slug":"the-sculpture-that-is-too-rude-to-show-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-sculpture-that-is-too-rude-to-show-in-public\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sculpture That Is Too Rude To Show In Public"},"content":{"rendered":"

An artist says friends thought he was joking when his sculpture of a man\u2019s bare chest was deemed inappropriate to show in an upcoming exhibition in Melbourne.<\/h3>\n

Allan Goedecke has told smh.com.au<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I just find it unbelievable. Male chests are not taboo. Everyone I’ve told about this has just laughed uproariously. They thought I was joking. A couple of people have called it ‘nipplegate’ to express the kind of absurdity of the situation\u2026<\/p>\n

“What worries me is when corporations or when someone bans something from display in the public arena, really what they’re doing is imposing their subjective value system on all of us,” he said. “Other organisations could adopt these sorts of bans. That would be very worrying.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

"Everyone I\u2019ve told about this has just laughed uproariously," says sculptor Allan Goedecke | @BroedeCarmody<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/H5jf1j1vO6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LjsLUpLr2d<\/a><\/p>— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) July 29, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>