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National Trust Faces Backlash Again ….
…for covering up male busts and paintings at an exhibition to celebrate women.
This follows a number of politically correct fiascos from this organisation. Sad that such a worthwhile undertaking can’t simply focus on its purpose. Time to cancel my membership.
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This follows a number of politically correct fiascos from this organisation. Sad that such a worthwhile undertaking can’t simply focus on its purpose. Time to cancel my membership.
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"We know it is not unusual for some people to dislike or disagree with what they see in contemporary art.
“This temporary student exhibition at Cragside was not about censoring art or being politically correct, but to encourage people to look at the collection differently and stimulate debate."
Well.. I'm sure we can help stimulate the debate.
Surely selectively covering certain appendages is forcing you to look at the collection through a censored lense? You cant not think about why or what is under the coverings.
“This temporary student exhibition at Cragside was not about censoring art or being politically correct, but to encourage people to look at the collection differently and stimulate debate."
Well.. I'm sure we can help stimulate the debate.
Surely selectively covering certain appendages is forcing you to look at the collection through a censored lense? You cant not think about why or what is under the coverings.
Naomi // AL, the debate intended concerned "the thousands of anonymous women who worked at the Elswick Works and Cragside over the last hundred years”.//
Wrong.
The Exhibition was designed to “highlight the thousands of anonymous women who worked at the Elswick Works and Cragside over the last hundred years”.
The exhibition highlighted the women's role in Cragside . The ensuing debate, including the reasons for and against having it was secondary to the subject of the Exhibition.
Wrong.
The Exhibition was designed to “highlight the thousands of anonymous women who worked at the Elswick Works and Cragside over the last hundred years”.
The exhibition highlighted the women's role in Cragside . The ensuing debate, including the reasons for and against having it was secondary to the subject of the Exhibition.
A very misguided move, with no sympathy for those visitors who come from afar with this being possibly their only opportunity to view all the art works.
The Trust's role is to preserve the past, not to follow current artistic fashion and foibles.
The person (people) who made this decision should be sacked for deviating from the Trust's aims.
The Trust's role is to preserve the past, not to follow current artistic fashion and foibles.
The person (people) who made this decision should be sacked for deviating from the Trust's aims.
AL, what on earth are you nit-picking for? The exhibition was designed to “highlight the thousands of anonymous women who worked at the Elswick Works and Cragside over the last hundred years”. The Trust said the exhibition was "not about censoring art or being politically correct", but to stimulate a debate.”
Canary, I think they’re going to lose a lot of sponsorship if they carry on like this.
Canary, I think they’re going to lose a lot of sponsorship if they carry on like this.
Naomi I'm not nit picking I'm correcting you.
The exhibition was created to highlight something. The resulting debate concentrated on mainly what a daft thing it was to do. I totally agree with the absurdity of it and would have been very miffed if I had gone to visit and half the exhibits were covered up.
The exhibition was created to highlight something. The resulting debate concentrated on mainly what a daft thing it was to do. I totally agree with the absurdity of it and would have been very miffed if I had gone to visit and half the exhibits were covered up.
AL, you're correcting me but you've got the wrong end of the stick. The resulting debate did concentrate on what a daft thing it was to do, but that wasn't the intention. The exhibition was intended to stimulate debate about the thousands of anonymous women. The National Trust didn't intentionally invite criticism. That would be ridiculous.
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