Latvian police launch criminal investigation on alleged child pornography in internet illustrations by controversial artist and Latvian Academy of Art professor Kristians Brekte, who gained notoriety for a "Picasso-like" wall mural on a school in Riga.#artisticfreedom 7 atbildes
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juriskazha (2021-09-29 21:53:08) |
Latvian police launch criminal investigation on alleged child pornography in internet illustrations by controversial artist and Latvian Academy of Art professor Kristians Brekte, who gained notoriety for a "Picasso-like" wall mural on a school in Riga.#artisticfreedom | |
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juriskazha (2021-09-29 21:55:58) |
Brekte' s mural caused an uproar with claims it frightened children and defenders saying it was stylized modern art. https://t.co/4M8kTGCDii | |
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juriskazha (2021-09-29 21:57:29) |
The wall mural brought immediate calls that it be painted over and spurred outrage against "modern" art in general in some parts of Latvian society, but others defended it. Then a lawyer with a political agenda filed charges... | |
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juriskazha (2021-09-29 21:59:51) |
She apparently found images of other artworks by Brekte portraying women, often naked and contorted, with skulls instead of faces as well as internet only images of a fictitious little girl confronted by a penis. | |
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juriskazha (2021-09-29 22:01:37) |
The images, admittedly provocative and grotesque, were seen as reflecting how some men see women as threatening and also graphically portraying, with imaginary persons, the reality of pedophilia and sexual abuse. | |
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juriskazha (2021-09-29 22:06:18) |
The lawyer who filed the charges is said to associated with a small political party, one of many in Latvia that failed to clear the 5% hurdle for seating in the 100-member Latvian parliament or Saeima. | |
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juriskazha (2021-09-29 22:07:16) |
More details on efforts in Latvia to prosecute an artist for his art are here in English: https://t.co/WBOSo92Oim | |
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Ainis Sproģis (2021-09-29 22:12:28) |
@juriskazha Next will be dirty homeless @juriskazha | |