Texas prisons have banned the prisoner to read the magazine Art + Auction for its allegedly too explicit content

Photo Journal of Art Auction, did not like the prison department handling correspondence
Source: artinfo.com

If you inadvertently ended up in jail in Texas, but want to stay informed about events occurring in the global art market, it is natural to ask for it to the magazine Art Auction, said Artinfo.com. However, it appears that things are not so simple: the magazine was recently banned from reading detainees Texas Department of Criminal Cases.

It all started with the fact that the prisoner, James Hightower (James Hightower) had on the orders of prison authorities to throw out the June issue of the magazine (with photo Dasha Zhukova on the cover). The reason for this disposition of his department explained simply: "On page 6, contained explicit images of a sexual nature" . It is these words vigilant officer handling the prison correspondence described the promotional photo on page 6. Prisoner Hightower, writes Artinfo, with the findings of the prison administration does not agree, and want to defend their right to read your favorite magazine.

bone of contention was only advertising a San Francisco gallery Modernism Inc. In a photograph taken by Michael Duekom (Michael Dweck), depicts a nude girl with the yellow surfboard on the background of the beach." The work is called "Pin up poster1". The photo was taken in 2006 in the backyard of my house in Montauk. It is part of a series of my writings on the subject of temptation ", - told the photographer Artinfo.

lawyers have long argued that a Can the state (and, if so, to what extent) to restrict the access of prisoners to the materials of erotic content. Not long ago, an inmate in prison in Michigan, sued the governor of the state due to the fact that at the time of his sentence he was barred from access to pornography . 'Once again, I re-read the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and it says that the federal and local governments have no right to deprive a person of life, liberty and property - said Duek. - I think that in the latter category includes photos of beautiful naked girls with surfboards ».

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI

Source : artinvestment.ru