Free Speech

EXHIBITION BY ARTIST DAN PARK UNDER FIRE IN COPENHAGEN…….

 

If his work can’t be protected under free speech laws, then no one’s work can be.

‘Racist’ Swedish art opens to protests in CPH

'Racist' Swedish art opens to protests in CPH

A protester expresses thoughts on both Dan Park and the Danish Free Press Society’s Katrine Winkel Holm. Photo: Christian Liliendahl/Scanpix

Published: 28 Oct 2014 10:02 GMT+01:00

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A group of activists claimed credit for an alternative exhibition of Park's work in Copenhagen. Photo: Submitted
A group of activists claimed credit for an alternative exhibition of Park’s work in Copenhagen. Photo: Submitted

Park’s artwork was also given a more upscale reception on Thursday with a showing at Denmark’s parliament building, Christiansborg. Park himself also attended that event but was not at the Monday opening in Østerbro.

Park was convicted by a Malmö court in August on charges of inciting racial agitation and defamation and was sentenced to six months in jail. However, he was recently released from jail on appeal.

Park’s works include an image that depicts three Swedish residents with African backgrounds portrayed with nooses around their necks, a Catholic bishop receiving fellatio from a young boy and Jesus having sex with Muhammad.

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