Comments on: Vandals attack London art gallery

By: Anna Meenaghan, Contemporary Art

Anna Meenaghan, Contemporary Art — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:22:14 +0000

I can not believe what I am reading here. As a contemporary artist myself I am in a state of shock. Surely the simple truth is that as an artist, any artist, no matter where from or belonging to a certain religion, has the right to express themselves in any which shape or form. I can understand political correctness, but this has nothing to do with it what so ever.

By: RiskTrouble

RiskTrouble — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:08:15 +0000

Here are two more inteviews with Sarah Maple if you want to check them out. They were conducted by Brian Sherwin who is the Senior Editor for the Myartspace Blog.

http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/11/art-space-talk-sarah-maple.html

http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/08/art-space-talk-sarah-maple.html

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By: Mokhtar Badri

Mokhtar Badri — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:54:46 +0000

After the row is over, I hope that I can express my opinion and expect to be understood away from any kind of tension. The young artist Sarah Maple has chosen a controversial topic for her exhibition. She has the full right to portray herself in whatever appearance she likes. She has the right to express her opinion free of any kind of coercion or intimidation. We have no authority or intention to police artistsâ€ works and we have never done that. However, we believe that weâ€ve all legitimate right to comment on her work once displayed in the public domain. I still think Sarah was not considerate enough to use Islamic imagery mixed with signs that contradict Islamic values. When asked by the Telegraph to comment on her work I insisted that nobody has the right to limit her freedom but warned that her work was provocative. the paper went on quoting that â€œMAB plans to visit the SaLon Gallery to demand that it remove Sarah Mapleâ€s paintingâ€ and â€œShe clearly wants to provoke a strong reaction from Muslims and that is what she will getâ€. These were misquotations by Mandrake. We wrote to the Telegraph asking them to correct the statement â€œin order to avoid misleading your readersâ€ but they did not publish it. Other media outlets such us the BBC reported exactly what we did say. I wish that your readers and bloggers will take this into consideration. Mokhtar Badri, Muslim Association of Britain

By: Mokhtar Badri

Mokhtar Badri — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:19:21 +0000

The young artist Sarah Maple has showsen a controversial topic for her exhebition. She has the full right to portray herself in whatever appearance and to express her opinion free of any kind coersion or intimidation. We have no authority or intention to police artists works. However, we believe that we’ve all legitimate right to comment on her work once displayed in the public domain.
I think Sarah was not considerate enough to use Islamic imagery mixed with signs that contradict Islamic values. When asked by the Telegraph to comment on her work we insisted that nobody has the right to limit her freedom but warned that her work is provocative.
Whatever went beyond this meaning such us: ‘she will get strong reaction’ was a misquote by Mandrake. We wrote to the Telegraph asking them to correct the statement ‘in order to avoid misleading your readers’ but they did not publish it. Other media outlets such us the BBC reported exactly what we did say.
I wish that your readers and bloggers will take this into consideration this clarification.
Mokhtar Badri, Muslim Association of Britain

By: Andrew Nixon

Andrew Nixon — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:51:04 +0000

Ah yes how could I forget Maddie and her parents who left three children under the age of four on their own but are still fantastic parents, even though if they were anything other than white middle-class Christians the Mail would be calling them scum.

Getting a bit off topic there, rant over methinks.

By: martyn

martyn — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:12:47 +0000

Andrew, you missed out middle class blonde and pretty missing child maddie.

By: Gabriele Marranci

Gabriele Marranci — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:19:48 +0000

Who knows why, I am not surprised about these attacks, I would have been surprised if the usual violent imbeciles whom for â€˜feeling to be Muslimsâ€™ need to show their small brains and alleged big muscles, would have spoiled this tasty occasion for gifting us with their anti-social behavior.
Yet I have to admit that Miss Maple’s works (in particular the once full of sexual innuendo of very little artistic values) are not what I would call art.
I know that other critics of art have expressed some doubts about her production. I wonder, indeed, how much the ‘muslim’ themes of her works may be a short-cut for an ‘easy’ success. But this is just my opinion.
http://marranci.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/sarah-maple-loves-jihad/#more-141

By: Andrew Nixon

Andrew Nixon — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:21:38 +0000

And that Mock The Week joke from the excellent Frankie Boyle is hardly the strongest thing he’s said on the show and compared to some of the stuff cut out is pretty mild.

The Mail are clutching at straws, trying to start another scare story. Nine years ago it was the millennium bug, five years ago it was SARS, last year it was Bird Flu, earlier this year it was knife crime, in-between it’s usually been immigrants, now it’s “offensive” material on TV. They should report real news rather than report on non-existent scares.

By: Alfster

Alfster — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:18:38 +0000

The Mock The week joke was rebroadcast this week so the Daily hate Mail was onto a winner what ever episode had been shown.

Obvious and poor from the Mail.

The Brand/Ross incident wasn’t really about bad language but about potentially breaking the law. Edgy comedy it wasn’t let’s leave that to Frankie.