disgusting Victorian painting removed at last

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/manchester-art-gallery-removes-hylas-and-the-nymphs-in-metoo-gesture-2018-2

how much longer must our public galleries be infested with this exploitative filth ?

this is only the tip of an iceberg of vileness masquerading as art

#hylasisharvey

please help by outing more of these revolting tableaux...

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Reply 1

the bear

i was shocked to find that the Tate gallery is housing more of this filth:

when will this nightmare end ?

*i had to remove the original link to avoid triggering. the image above has been rendered safe.

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Reply 2

Good bloke

Original post by the bear

how much longer must our public galleries be infested with this exploitative filth ?

Hehe The fuller Guardian report indicates the bandwagon-jumping curator's regressive liberal and new puritan tendencies rather more fully:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/31/manchester-art-gallery-removes-waterhouse-naked-nymphs-painting-prompt-conversation

The move appears to have backfired on her, according to The Times:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/time-s-up-for-manchester-art-gallery-s-nymphs-bathing-in-the-buff-william-waterhouse-hylas-and-the-nymphs-v9sv9vs67

Almost all responses on Twitter treated the idea with contempt. Stig Abell, editor of The Times Literary Supplement, wrote: “This is fine, as long as the conversation begins, ‘please put the painting back up and stop being so silly’.”

Anna Maria Barry, a 19th century historian and researcher for the Royal College of Music Museum, wrote: “This is ********[male bovine excrement]. Not only ridiculous and completely ahistorical, but actually borderline offensive to conflate this cheap publicity stunt with important #MeToo debates.”

Kathryn Ecclestone, the visiting professor of education at the University of Sheffield, wrote: “Defining this an ‘artistic act’ doesn’t disguise its authoritarian moralising as part of a rapidly spreading censorship championed by an increasingly puritanical, hectoring and intolerant feminism. It’s dangerous and a long way from the feminism I grew up with.”

One user noted that Henrietta Rae, a late Victorian artist whose work is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, depicted the same scene with similar nudity.

Reply 3

the bear

#henriettaraeisharvey

i literally vommed in my keffiyeh when i clicked on this:

*link removed due to shocking content*

is this filth seriously allowed on public view in Brexit Britain ?

smh

the picture in the link was far too appalling to show here. i am sorry if you were triggered.

here is a less horrific version:

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Reply 4

Good bloke

Original post by the bear

smh

The Bear is performing wonders to raise the profile of nineteenth century classically-themed art with the masses.

Reply 5

the bear

i was shocked to the core when i discovered another of these Victorian monstrosities.... i had to render the offensive image less appalling for you:

the poor model can scarcely be twenty years old :emo:

what on earth are http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk thinking ?

Mrs May should immediately remove Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's knighthood.

Reply 6

the bear

this shocking image is on display in the hometown of TSR :emo:

i had to render it less offensive for you:

the model cannot be older than 25 :mad:

Reply 7

Bio 7

Original post by the bear

#henriettaraeisharvey

i literally vommed in my keffiyeh when i clicked on this:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Rae_-_Water_Nymphs_(color).png/1280px-Rae_-_Water_Nymphs_(color).png

is this filth seriously allowed on public view in Brexit Britain ?

smh

What's the problem? It's just a painting.

Is the whole world too uncomfortable with this art that they find it offensive.

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Reply 8

the bear

Original post by Bio 7

What's the problem? It's just a painting.

it is an insult to all women ! this Victorian monstrosity panders to the lowest phallocrat fantasy.

Reply 9

the bear

shockingly some people wish for the return of the exploitative image:

https://www.causes.com/campaigns/117267-petition-the-return-of-hylas-and-the-nymphs-by-waterhouse

:redface:

Spoiler

Reply 10

uberteknik

Are you talking to yourself again Bear?

Reply 11

Joinedup

artistic integrity enhanced

Reply 12

the bear

Original post by Joinedup

artistic integrity enhanced

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2238826.1432831366!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/mankini29n-3-web.jpg

great success !!

:borat:

Reply 13

the bear

if you are in Coventry be careful not to see the original of this picture:

it is truly pandering to the worst male instincts.

Reply 14

the bear

of course it is not just the Victorians or the English....

this sordid 15th C scene is housed in Vienna

smh

Reply 15

the bear

if you are in New York be sure not to look at this exploitation image by Titian:

no sirree bob

Reply 16

the bear

More unacceptable 16th C imagery this time in Denmark:

maybe Brexit has something going for it after all :redface:

Reply 17

Nerry

the most provocative, disgustingly immoral painting of all.... (over 18s only should click the spoiler below!) how could they actually think this was acceptable? our kids do not need to be exposed to this level of filth!

Spoiler

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