SCHIELE NUDES CENSORED IN NEW YORK
To celebrate the art and design contributions of Viennese Modernism, The Vienna Tourist Board invites the public to engage in a timely conversation about the controversial perceptions of artwork of that era. A range of Egon Schiele’s nude portraits will debut across New York this Spring, a season when millions of tourists and locals alike shed their own layers as the city warms. Circa 1900, Schiele was one of the main protagonists living in Vienna, and the creator of expressionist masterpieces that were groundbreaking in his lifetime, and may still provoke and challenge society in 2018, a century after his death.
A 100 years after his death, Schiele’s works is still perceived as provocative. Advertisements were declined both in print, online and on social media platforms, clearly demonstrating that nudity and its lack of acceptance still permeate the print and online worlds. Visitors to and residents of New York city can still enjoy Schiele’s now iconic works, censored, on digital bus shelters, newsstands, and the subway, and uncensored in a hand painted mural on the southwest corner of Lafayette and Spring Streets in SoHo.
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To view select works of Egon Schiele, click here for gallery.
