Sentences with phrase «obscenity charges»
"Obscenity charges" refers to legal charges or accusations related to engaging in or distributing offensive, inappropriate, or sexually explicit materials or content that is deemed to be offensive or morally objectionable. Full definition
Abortion clinics are firebombed; Planned Parenthood workers are murdered; an art gallery owner is arrested for exhibiting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs; a rap group is arrested on obscenity charges; the civil rights — or «special privileges» — of gays and lesbians are the subject of controversial referenda; and issues of multiculturahsm, freedom of expression and «political...
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Before the show arrived in Cincinnati, a conservative group tried to force the Contemporary Arts Center to cancel its version of the show; when it went ahead, police invaded the exhibition under obscenity charges brought against the museum.
Dennis Barrie, director of Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center, is acquitted of obscenity charges after presenting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs at the museum.
Everts's images are less obscene than they are grotesque, which is why it is somewhat surprising that they drew obscenity charges from the Los Angeles District Attorney when they were first exhibited at the Zora Gallery in 1964.
His homoerotic images became the subject of a much publicized obscenity charge in 1990 involving the Cincinnati Art Museum.
«Man in Polyester Suit» was also part of a show of Mapplethorpe works that led to criminal obscenity charges against the director of Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center.
With a tip of his hat to Eric Miller, who brought the story to his attention, Volokh Conspiracy blogfather Eugene Volokh takes on the story of two Laramie, Wyo., men who are «facing obscenity charges for allegedly building a snow sculpture of a phallus in their front yard.»
Greene had been invited to attend the group's routine breakfast meeting, but was disinvited after he was indicted by a grand jury on obscenity charges.
The artist's works and influence, however, remain vital, as evidenced by a new anniversary exhibit, After the Moment: Reflections on Robert Mapplethorpe, which presents works by 35 contemporary artists, including some who witnessed the protests and obscenity charges brought against then — CAC director Dennis Barrie.
Berman was arrested, charged, and convicted of obscenity charges.
Abortion clinics are firebombed; Planned Parenthood workers are murdered; an art gallery owner is arrested for exhibiting Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs; a rap group is arrested on obscenity charges; the civil rights — or «special privileges» — of gays and lesbians are the subject of controversial referenda; and issues of multiculturahsm, freedom of expression and «political correctness» divide many college campuses.
after he was indicted on the obscenity charge, but considering they're all rethugliban, that ain't likely to happen as any investigation would lead right to RNC headquarters.
now they invited to attend the group's routine breakfast meeting, but was disinvited after he was indicted by a grand jury on obscenity charges.
This, the first of a number of public arrests on obscenity charges, drives him to become a crusader for freedom of speech.
In real life, Reems was jailed on obscenity charges and fought a lengthy legal battle with the help of none other than Alan Dershowitz while also fighting a persistent battle with hard drugs.
The former category included The People v. Bruce (parrhesia), 2011, an installation by Eric Garduno and Matthew Rana that looks at First Amendment rights in the context of Lenny Bruce's 1964 trial on obscenity charges.
A new two - hour documentary looks at the provocative photos and life of Robert Mapplethorpe, including the ones which brought obscenity charges against Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center in 1990.
Offense was taken and controversy sparked, leading to the indictment of the CAC on obscenity charges.
The exhibition immediately sparked controversy when politicians took offense to the show and the use of public funds provided by the National Endowment of the Arts to support it, leading to the indictment of the Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati and Director Dennis Barrie on obscenity charges.
BACK IN 1990, the obscenity charges brought against the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and its director, Dennis Barrie, sent shock waves through the art world.
Igarashi's trial began in April 2015, as Igarashi and her attorneys denied the obscenity charges and argued against the censorship of artistic expression.