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Bill Henson caught lurking in schoolyard bushes!

Posted by Hen-Wen on 2008-October-07 00:00:21 EDT, Tuesday
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http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/10/05/henson-photos-book.html

'I think parents would be revolted and horrified if this were true.'—Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

"Australian artist Bill Henson, whose portraits of naked children triggered a police investigation, is embroiled in a new controversy with the publication of a book that reveals the artist was allowed to look for child models at a primary school.

Police shut down an exhibition of Henson's in May after complaints that the images were pornographic. Many artists, including actress Cate Blanchett, came to his defence.

In the end, prosecutors said there was no reasonable prospect of a conviction and returned 20 seized works.

Now a book by journalist David Marr has stirred up the controversy again. The Henson Case says a school principal in Melbourne allowed the artist to wander the playground of a school during the lunch hour to look for models."


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