Good morning) how are you? Ready for small brain storm? #questiontoanswer #goodmorningart #preraphaelites I need your help in understanding this simple small news: #ManchesterArtGallery removed this piece of #JohnWilliamWaterhouse #HydesAndTheNymphs from their permanent exposition. You won't be able to see it anymore in the near future. The basic allegations: he was sexist, abusive person, his art is humiliation of women, objectification of their bodies. Let's make an example to show the world... bla bla... official position is here (appeared on site of the gallery : "We have left a temporary space in Gallery 10 in place of Hylas and the Nymphs by JW Waterhouse to prompt conversation about how we display and interpret artworks in Manchesterâs public collection. How can we talk about the collection in ways which are relevant in the 21st century? Here are some of the ideas we have been talking about so far. What do you think? This gallery presents the female body as either a âpassive decorative formâ or a âfemme fataleâ. Letâs challenge this Victorian fantasy! The gallery exists in a world full of intertwined issues of gender, race, sexuality and class which affect us all. How could artworks speak in more contemporary, relevant ways? What other stories could these artworks and their characters tell? What other themes would be interesting to explore in the gallery?" (at Moscow, Russia)
