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Bono opens Clemente / Israel narked again
(4 February, 2004)
A star-studded evening at IMMA
compiled by Eimear McKeith
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The crowds at IMMA, waiting eagerly for
Bono and Clemente; photo Liz Aders
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The Irish Museum of Modern Art enjoyed one of
its most crowded and exciting openings ever last night, with Bono
in attendence to officially open the exhibition of new works by
internationally acclaimed artist Francesco Clemente. Bono owns
several of Clemente's works and is a self-confessed 'fan' of the
painter. There were plently of Bono fans at the opening too, however,
with many people making the most of a rare opportunity to catch
a glimpse of Ireland's most famous singer.
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Bono and Clemente;
photo Liz Aders
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Francesco Clemente:
Serenity and Equanimity; photo Liz Aders
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Francesco Clemente: New Works
comprises more than sixty works, including some twenty paintings,
ten pastels and thirty watercolours. All have been created since
ClementeÍs comprehensive retrospective at the Guggenheim, New
York, in 1999 and most are being shown publicly for the first
time.
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Francesco Clemente.
Bono quoted Justin Timberlake to describe Clemente's appraoch
to life and art: "he's lovin' it"; photo Liz Aders
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Some CIRCA staff,
from left to right, Rossella Regina, Liz Aders and Eimear
McKeith; photo Justin Roche
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Out of Line and out of...like!
compiled by Rossella
Regina
After the Stockolm episode (read here),
Israel has demanded the removal of a "horrifying" exhibit at the
Anne Frank
Museum in Amsterdam. This controversial exhibition entitled
Out
of Line includes caricatures comparing Ariel Sharon
to Adolf Hitler.
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View of the interior
of the Anne Frank Museum where Out of Line
has been installed. Image here
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According to the museum it is intended to explore
the limits of free speech and includes criticism of the caricatures,
which appear in video footage of a demonstration against Israel.
But Israel's president, Moshe Katzav, doesn't agree at all.
It is a horrifying exhibition. The attempt
to attribute to Israel's leaders acts which contravene humanitarian
values is a distortion and is offensive.
Katzav says. Natan Sharansky, a minister in
Sharon's cabinet, added
When at the home of Anne Frank, one of
the archetypal symbols of the tragedy of the Jewish people,
Hitler is compared to prime minister Ariel Sharon, it is not
a debate on freedom of expression. It is showing contempt for
the memory of the 6 million who were murdered in the Holocaust.
But one of the museum's spokesmen replied
The exhibit the Israelis object to is about
the present-day manifestation of anti-semitism. It includes
video footage of a demonstration against Israel in Amsterdam
in April 2002 at which some people carried banners that had
pictures of Hitler and Sharon and asked the question, 'Do you
see a difference, because we don't?We have used the video to
highlight present-day anti-semitism and to ask the question:
is this too much freedom of speech?It is for the visitor to
decide the answer but we categorically reject any comparison
between Sharon and Hitler.
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Visitors watching a
short video at Out of Line. Image held here
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