“It’s especially sensitive this year because the 18th Party Congress will start soon,” said a fair organizer after trying to convince another booth to remove a painting that censors didn’t like because it appeared to include images of Mao Zedong.
photos from Gao Brother's FB page
At another gallery...Gao Brothers photography work (China Map) censored...covered with bed sheets before being forced to move to storage..
Articles about it:
in English
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/shanghais-forbidden-art-work/article4527865/?service=mobile
in Italian
http://www.repubblica.it/viaggi/2012/09/07/foto/shanghai_censura_in_diretta_via_i_quadri_alla_fiera-42110189/1/
I'm against this, so i'll show all the works uncensored:
"Outer Space Project - Map of China" The Gao Brothers, 2008
Artwork of Chi Peng
Artwork of Bi Xin
Bi Xin removes his works
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