Photography and the fascination of erotic youthSoon Bill Henson’s current show will packed away with barely a squeak about censorship or his “revolting” art. But there is something about the nude minor that jangles a major chord in us, writes W H Chong.
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Marieke Hardy: Bill Henson is a wimp and Australia is to blame
Bill Henson’s controversial photos of naked children whipped the public into a frenzy back in 2008 and sadly the madness has dulled his work, writes Marieke Hardy.
Naked Aboriginal kids on postcards: the line between art and exploitation?
You can buy postcards featuring naked Aboriginal kids in newsagencies and Australia Post shops across the country. Why aren’t these pictures treated with the same outrage as Bill Henson’s photos of naked teens?
Lowbottom High Diaries: Vulnavia goes full frontal
‘But haven’t you got anyone closer to home, family say, who you can photograph?’ writes Trevor Diogenes.
Recently at a St Kilda Primary School Student Supermarket
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Forget Henson, politicians are partial to playground trawling too
How does Ms Pike justify her practice, and that of her colleagues in parliaments right across Australia, eagerly rushing off to schools, particularly at election time, so they can be photographed with unsuspecting kids who can’t vote? asks Greg Barns.
Rudd the shock jock — whatever happened to Bonhoeffer?
If the concern were really about safety and sexual abuse, Ellis and Rudd and Brumby and rest of them would point out that most abuse actually takes place in ordinary suburban homes, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Faris: Henson and school principal should be investigated
Bill Henson makes a lot of money photographing n-ked or semi-n-ked pre-pubescent children. This is called Art by the Left glitterati. Most decent Australians would call it P-rnography, writes Peter Faris.
Barns: Forget Henson, a bigger menace plagues the playground
Every day of the week our political leaders allow children to be abused at schools right around Australia, because they sanction the sophisticated and relentless efforts of fast food and soft drink companies to market to children through the education system and sport, writes Greg Barns.
Don’t shout Turnbull down for shifting on Henson
The photo of Henson gazing, seemingly smugly, out of weekend newspapers as we learnt how he had cruised playgrounds for talent, seemed calculated to push parental buttons in a big way, writes Bernard Keane.
Banning n-ked kids would make the law an ass
To legislate to criminalise the conduct of any artist, publication, gallery or even website would make the law what it is clearly not mean to be – an ass. Greg Barns explains.
Art Monthly editor plays into Hetty’s hands
Editor Maurice O’Riordan is a total fool for putting the image of a naked young girl on the latest cover of Art Monthly, writes Nicholas Pickard.
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The US Supreme Court Judges who back Henson
It is now almost two weeks since the Police raided and removed the Henson pictures after vigilante moralists demanded they do so, writes Greg Barns.
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Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Tips and rumours
Merlin’s beard, Rudd likes Harry. The latest ABC News online article has a picture of Kevin Rudd in his office. Couldn’t help but notice what one of the books behind him was… My department boss says her Secretary head has assured her the government doesn’t intend to push the public service at all, it’s just […]
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Hetty Johnston on Henson … oil, the future, and you … the public service … global warming … Iraq … sponsored sydney buses … ABARE …
A Queensland perspective on Henson
I still feel the shame of Queensland, the laughing stock, the State where police and politicians interfered in artistic matters with heavy hands and jack booted feet, writes Stephen Keim.
Hetty Johnston: Henson debate a healthy sign
Since time began, adults have exercised their rights, their greed and personal desires with little or no consideration to the rights of children. That’s changing, and about time, writes Hetty Johnston, founder of Bravehearts.
SBS shows the way ahead for commercial public broadcasting
Joy for taxpayers: SBS expects to make $47million in the next financial year, from ads, writes Glen Dyer.
Oz police ape their overzealous US counterparts on Henson
The sort of tactics used by Hetty Johnson and are, unfortunately, a fact of life in the US, writes Greg Barns.
Henson: time for the police to put up or back off
Since when did we allow our police forces to become censors of art and culture, asks Greg Barns?
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