Bad at Sports » Police http://badatsports.com Contemporay art talk without the ego Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Tate Modern Removes Nude Brooke Shields Prince Photo After Police Visit http://badatsports.com/2009/tate-modern-removes-nude-brooke-shields-prince-photo-after-police-visit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://badatsports.com/2009/tate-modern-removes-nude-brooke-shields-prince-photo-after-police-visit/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:21:39 +0000 Christopher http://badatsports.com/?p=10096 Spiritual America by Richard Prince

Photographer Richard Prince’s photo “Spiritual America” was removed from the upcoming Tate Modern exhibition “Pop Life” (opening tomorrow) after a warning from Scotland Yard that the nude image of actress Brooke Shields aged 10 and heavily made up could break obscenity laws.

The officers spoke to the Tate after seeing promotional material in the newspaper and not via complaints that were issued to the office.

Read more about the history of the photo and it’s background at the Guardian article.

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Citizens of Oak Lawn, IL have a history of coasting through stop signs and in response the city installed smaller signs below their larger, legal counterparts to get motorists attention while providing them a tongue in cheek appeal to their conscience. The extra signs mimicked the red octagon shape only 1/3rd the size with slogans including “and smell the roses,” “right there pilgrim” and “means you’re not moving.” instead of the word STOP.

The town’s mayor and citizens found them funny, but there is a Local vs State conflict inherint in the act. The Illinois Department of Transportation claims that the signs violated the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Threatening to put federal funding for projects in the city on gold till they were removed. $1,700 worth of signs are now pulled down.

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