Nudes not under a blanket ban

The artists Margaret Tuckey and Scott Eames and their banned works from last year Councillors adopted a “sensitive art policy” in May, stating the council had a duty of care to protect Civic Centre visitors from artwork “depicting images containing perceived violence, racism, sexism, nudity, blasphemy, cultural discrimination and other issues that may be seen…

Prudish council rejects nude art

Judge for yourself – the “highly explicit” nudes by Tuckey and Eames (photo courtesy of the ABC) “I unwrapped my work and they looked at it and told me it was inappropriate and they would not hang it in the exhibition,’’ Ms Tuckey, a TAFE art teacher, said. “They said that school children would be…