Debating art and ethics in the National Post

Taxidermia by Adel Abdessemed

I was recently invited to participate in an installment of the National Post’s Culture Club. Described as a “Boy George-free effort to bring the water cooler experience online,” the project gathers arts and entertainment critics to discuss topical cultural issues.

In a bid to encourage debate about art and ethics, OCAD recently invited artist Adel Abdessemed to speak to students and exhibit his controversial work. The National Post discussion picked up on this, asking us a simple question without a simple answer: When does art cross the line?

You can read the edited discussion on the Post’s website or in today’s dead-tree version of their newspaper.

Image: Taxidermia by Adel Abdessemed (photo source).

December 9, 2010 ·

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