The Calgary Fringe Festival wrapped up on the weekend but not without controversy. During its final days, organizers were ordered to remove statues and pictures of naked people from the city’s Devonian Gardens.“The city did not think that body art & photography exhibits were appropriate uses for public space. They received three phone complaints on the 311 line,” festival producer Blair Gallant said in an e-mail to the National Post, in which he also noted that “we had over 1,000 people come to the exhibit with glowing reviews.”
The city’s parks director told the Calgary Herald on the weekend that when the show was approved, officials were not aware it was “an adult art exhibit.”
The interdisciplinary festival includes The Canadian Body Art Championship and Exposed Calgary Photography, both of which work with the naked body. Judging by the Body Art winner shown above as well as the Web sites of both events, what’s on display is not especially racy.
provided by Rob A. McKenzie in The National Post
image - [Mark Eadie with his winning entry in the body-art competition; photo courtesy Calgary Fringe Festival]
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