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thursday, october 1 08:38 am
the tate modern, one of britain's most prestigious art galleries, had been planning to include the photo of shields, aged 10, wearing heavy makeup and taken from the knees up, in its new pop life exhibition which opens to the public thursday.
the picture taken by american artist richard prince and called spiritual america, was removed from display by gallery officials after a visit from the police obscene publications unit, according to the guardian.
the image of shields was of potential concern to police because it was of a 10-year-old, and could be viewed as sexually provocative, the newspaper said, quoting sources.
fucking pathetic...
so i'm going to display it:
