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2 National Artists frown on Mideo Cruz’s ‘shock art’
Can creators of art that some find bad or offensive use freedom of expression to justify their work? Priests and national artists were apparently unconvinced by attempts to invoke freedom of expression to defend artist Mideo Cruz’s “shock art” that caused the sudden closure of an exhibit at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
“Nothing is obscene in art. There are only bad artists and bad writers,” F. Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature, told the Senate committee on education, culture and arts on Tuesday.
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