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Australian artist Paul Yorre looks at his career at ACCA exhibition on art censorship, queer culture and Catholic kitsch

In June 2013, police armed with Stanley knives raided the Linden Center for Contemporary Arts in St Kilda, Melbourne, and carefully removed some of the works on display.

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The work in question by Melbourne artist Paul Yore was part of a group exhibition inspired by the late Mike Brown, the only Australian artist to be charged with obscenity.

Clipped material from Yoré’s work depicts child faces glued to adult nude bodies, some engaged in sexual activity, challenging ideas about gender identity and its commercialization in society. It was part of a larger production.

“I didn’t understand this piece when I cut it out. It changed the meaning,” Yoré recently said. Art Show at ABC RN.

Police charged Yore, who was 25 at the time, with child pornography violations, and the artist faced 15 years in prison if convicted.

In October 2014, a judge dismissed the charges against the artist and ordered the police to pay the costs.

Yore felt he had little to lose after a trial ordeal in 2014. “He felt like there was only one way,” he says.(By: Chris Kreller)

It’s been a harrowing time for Yore, who is considered one of Australia’s most up-and-coming artists since having her first solo exhibition at Melbourne’s Heide Museum of Modern Art in 2009.

Just days before the raid on the work, titled Everything Is Fucked, Yore won Map of the $8,000 Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award. This wool tapestry was made by hand and took her six months to complete.

In the aftermath of the raid and subsequent lawsuit, Yole considered leaving Melbourne and quitting the art world.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-06/paul-yore-word-made-flesh-exhibition-acca-australian-artist/101610312 Australian artist Paul Yorre looks at his career at ACCA exhibition on art censorship, queer culture and Catholic kitsch

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