Royal Academy removes Gaza-inspired works after Jewish group flags concerns | Royal Academy of Arts
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/18/royal-academy-removes-gaza-inspired-works-jewish-group-raises-concerns
by mizeny
Royal Academy removes Gaza-inspired works after Jewish group flags concerns | Royal Academy of Arts
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jul/18/royal-academy-removes-gaza-inspired-works-jewish-group-raises-concerns
by mizeny
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The three pieces are linked in this comment, since most news outlets are choosing to describe the artworks instead of actually show them and let you decide for yourself whether they are antisemitic or simply anti-genocide/anti-war/anti-Israeli state:
First: [https://www.wsws.org/asset/a1311106-1ebe-4e76-b211-5ca5205706d6?rendition=image1280](https://www.wsws.org/asset/a1311106-1ebe-4e76-b211-5ca5205706d6?rendition=image1280) photo by 18-year-old Kausar, removed as the Board of Deputies of British Jews decided it “appears to be a submission from someone non-Jewish”. No comment about whether the person the photograph is actually of is Jewish, though.
Second: [https://www.wsws.org/asset/04e0e2ce-afd6-42b1-8024-42122f8bad11?rendition=image1280](https://www.wsws.org/asset/04e0e2ce-afd6-42b1-8024-42122f8bad11?rendition=image1280) by 16-year-old Andy.
Third: [https://www.wsws.org/asset/c9c17b98-d322-40e5-b77f-8d1a33d61bc0?rendition=image1280](https://www.wsws.org/asset/c9c17b98-d322-40e5-b77f-8d1a33d61bc0?rendition=image1280) by Michael Sandle, titled “THE MASS SLAUGHTER OF DEFENCELESS WOMEN & CHILDREN IS NOT HOW YOU DERADICALISE GAZA”. Note: this one is supposed to be featured in a different exhibition.
The RA’s website read: “More than 21,000 students participated this year, thanks to the commitment of teachers, parents and guardians who are championing the role of art in education. Our judges were overwhelmed by the insight, imagination and inspiration in the artworks they saw as they selected the artworks exhibited.”
You see a lot of people complaining that religious groups have to much power when Muslims do something like this, however I doubt people will care much when it’s the Jewish community doing it. A nation of hypocrites.
Where’s the same energy for religious groups limiting our freedom here? Disgusting.
if a muslim group ‘politely requested’ israeli art he removed theyd be called anti-semitic and laughed out the room. blatant hypocrisy on display