What's allowed, and what's not?: Katak Lembu Segar 2013 by Samsudin Abdul Wahab, was another provocative artwork at the Young Contemporaries 2013 competition. It was an indirect commentary on greed, corruption and over-consumption, but this was allowable.
Two paintings were removed from a public art gallery recently for causing ‘distress’. But, when art is controlled and restricted, will it limit society’s mental and creative horizons?
RECENTLY, the local arts community was abuzz with a controversial episode of censorship by the National Visual Arts Gallery (BSVN).
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