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Bill Henson, visual shock and the democratisation of art

By Mark Bahnisch on October 6, 2008

As no doubt everyone has noticed, there has been a vigorous discussion in comments about the latest Bill Henson brouhouha. I don’t want to comment explicitly on the issues raised by David Marr’s “revelation” that Henson had visited a primary [...]

Posted in Art, Books, Writers & Writing, Culture, Ethics, Media, Photography, Politics, Sociology | Tagged Alison Croggon, art & artists, art controversies, Art Worlds, arts community, bill henson, Bill Henson controversy, bill henson photography, creative industries, cultural sociology, culture industries, Culture Wars, David Marr, democratisation, History, Howard S. Becker, maya lin, Media, Michael Kammen, moral panics, Peter Garrett, public sphere, Roslyn Oxley9 gallery, Sociology, sociology of culture, vietnam war memorial, Visual Shock | 27 Responses

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