Boehner and Cantor call for closing of Smithsonian exhibit

[babylonsister]

Jeebus. Many, many people will soon be without a roof over their head or food because of these asshats, and they're worried about ants crawling on a statue. :argh:

Boehner and Cantor call for closing of Smithsonian exhibit
November 30, 2010, 3:27 pm by Christina Wilkie



House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio) and incoming Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Tuesday called for the dismantling of an exhibit in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery after they learned that it contains video of a Jesus statue with ants crawling on it, as well as works of art with strongly sexual themes.

Titled "Hide/Seek," the exhibit is slated to run from Oct. 30 to Feb. 13. The conservative website CNS News.com first alerted the two Republican leaders to its content.

Boehner spokesman Kevin Smith said, "Smithsonian officials should either acknowledge the mistake and correct it, or be prepared to face tough scrutiny beginning in January when the new majority in the House moves {in}." He later clarified that Boehner wanted the exhibit "cancelled."

more...

http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/7223-boehner-and-cantor-call-for-closing-of-smithsonian-exhibit

[RKP5637]

1. OMG, this sure sounds like an urgent priority!!! I'm so F'en fed up

with the BS these guys sling around.

[MadMaddie]

2. Here we go! This is what the next two years will be about

absolutely nothing that will help the American people. Only perceived insults.

[Ian David]

3. Didn't we already go through this shit in like the 1980's? n/t

[RKP5637]

15. Yep! They'll revive Gingrich with his Contract with American from

the grave. This time they'll put the last nails in the coffin and kill America completely. We have to live that BULLSHIT era again.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0920/House-GOP-s-governing-agenda-a-2010-Contract-With-America

[Ian David]

20. I remember going to see a Mapelthorpe exhibit just to piss-off Newt Gingrich.

There were some really awesome photos, but also some things I wish I could un-see.

But I did it for freedom!

[Newest Reality]

4. Ah! Ramp-up the censorship, now!

Time to bring that element of control back into the foreground along with other, abusive distractions from freedom to think and live openly.

Boehner and Cantor are exercising their right to jackboot around on arts and the mind. It's an open field and fair game by their rules.

Our installed sociopaths are working to restrict choices and relive us of the burden of making them.

[Ian David]

5. You know who else censored art?

HITLER!

Nazi Censorship of the Arts

"Entartete Kunst" - Degenerate Art

The years 1927-37 were alarming and terrifying for artists in Germany. In 1937 The National Socialist Society for German Culture held an art exhibition in Munich. The Nazis called the exhibit Entartete Kunst, or Degenerate Art. During this time over 22 thousand art-works by more than 200 artists of that time were confiscated. The National Socialist Society for German Culture declared artists of the banned paintings, mostly Expressionists, Cubists, Dadaism, Surrealist, Fauvists, nineteenth-century Impressionist and Post-Impressionist to be insane and morally corrupt.

Particularly reviled were: Edvard Munch, Emile Nolde, Oskar Kokoschka, Ernst Kirchner ( Kirchner was so devastated by his exile to Switzerland that he committed suicide in in 1938.) Wassily Kandinsky, Max Ernst, Otto Dix, Franz Marc, Paul Klee, Klee feared for his life and spent his years cast out in Switzerland. The artist unable to obtain Swiss citizenship because of his status as a degenerate artist.) Pablo Picasso, ,Marc Chagall, Max Beckmann and Vincent van Gogh. The Nazis felt that these artist led young people astray and encouraged corrupt ideas. The upper echelons of the SS occasionally got together for 'art burning' parties. They would drink beer and throw darts at so called degenerate paintings, later burning the paintings in huge art pyre.

The justification for deciding on what could be classified as "degenerate" art was relatively straightforward and spiteful: any painting or sculpture that was in conflict with Hitler's artistic philosophy, was considered to be "Entartete Kunst". Many historians believe Hitler despised the artists of his day because he was never recognized for his own uninspiring paintings. Hitler's favorite artists included Lucas Cranach, Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dure, Frans Hals, Rembrandt Meindert Hobbema and Quentin Metsys. Hitler felt that these painters upheld wholesome decent standards.

In 1937, Joseph Goebbels, Minister for Propaganda organized a public exhibition of banned art. The exhibition was called "Entartete Kunst," meaning, "Degenerate Art." The purpose of the exhibition was to show the public the stupidity, immorality, and depravity of the modern art movement.

Main Artists on the The Nazi List .... singled out for special condemnation

Otto Dix German 1862-1942 Expressionist
Vincent van Gogh Dutch, 1853-1890 Post-Impressionist
Max Beckmann German, 1884-1950 Expressionist
Edvard Munch Norwegian, 1863-1944 Symbolist/Expressionist
Emile Nolde German, 1867-1956 Expressionist Painter
Oskar Kokoschka Austrian, 1886-1980 Expressionist Painter
Ernst Kirchner German, 1880-1938 Expressionist Painter.
Wassily Kandinsky Russian, 1866-1944 Expressionist Painter
Paul Klee Swiss 1879-1940 Swiss Expressionist Painter
Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973 Cubist/Abstract/Symbolist
Max Ernst German, 1891-1976 Surrealist Painter
Marc Chagall Russian, 1887-1985 Surrealist Painter
Franz Marc German, 1880-1916 Expressionist / Fauvist

More:
http://www.historyofpainters.com/entartete.htm

[RKP5637]

16. Exactly! I do fear what the US is capable of if the R's are fully back in again as

the new ones are NUTS.

[Richardo]

6. FFS

I'll be using that acronym very often in the next two years.

[AnArmyVeteran]

7. Republicans truly sicken me. I'd rather catch ebola than become a republican.

They have no hearts, no souls, no brains and no sense.

[RKP5637]

17. And they also promote national ignorance. They are a disgusting lot! n/t

[struggle4progress]

8. Hide/Seek | National Portrait Gallery | Smithsonian (onlineversion)

http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/hideseek/index.html

[Robbie88]

18. Haha that's what they're upset about? What a couple of prudes...

[gateley]

9. Ayatollah Boehner. nt

[11 Bravo]

10. Any DU artists who could create a "Piss Boehner" or a "Piss Cantor"?

I would display them proudly in my home.

[Robbie88]

11. So the exhibit runs from Oct. 30 to Feb. 13 and yet Cantor believes that this is

"an obvious attempt to offend Christians during Christmas season"? WTF?

[starroute]

13. But Cantor is Jewish

So since when did he become the expert on what "obviously" offends Christians?

[Robbie88]

14. Eh, who knows?

:shrug:

[obxhead]

12. I had no idea it was even there.

I'll have to go and photo document it asap.

[Skidmore]

19. Well, we really taught them

darned Dems a lesson, didn't we? Back to the future.