A Canberra art gallery has removed three artworks relating to Chinese leaders after receiving complaints and hundreds of angry messages, in what the artist believes was a coordinated attack.
In response to criticism of racism, Mr Cornish previously apologised for the work depicting Chairman Mao as Batman, which he said was an attempt to mock conspiracy theories around coronavirus origins, but hadn't taken into account the extent of racism Chinese communities had encountered since the pandemic.Cornish says the intention of the exhibition was to start conversations.
It said the intention of the artwork was to "call out the racism experienced by the Chinese community" but added, "the experience of the series did not reflect the artist's intention, and this is why we removed it."
Good action and correct one .
Another example of China deliberately meddling in Australia's internal affairs and attempting to influence outcomes. The Australian government let's China walk all over it.
Fragility is a gateway to authoritarianism.
Who cares art in this country used is all stolen
Disgraceful. Freedom of expression abandoned. Australian Universities will abandon every principle there is for the foreign student dollar. 😡