Hong Seong-dam was commissioned to make an installation for the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea’s best-known international art festival. But when organisers saw the finished, 10-metre long work, with its unflattering depiction of President Park Geun-hye, they refused to show it.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
South Korean artist complains of censorship video
South Korea still has laws on the books from its time as a military dictatorship among which are laws banning criticism of the President. These laws are used to this day to stifle descent.
Hong Seong-dam's work, depicting the president, was pulled from South Korea's international art festival.
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