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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Cosby portrait in 'rapeseed' pulled from State Fair
It took Nick Rindo just a few hours to throw together a crop art portrait of Bill Cosby. The medium: canola seeds -- a variant of which is also known as rapeseed.
It took just a day for the State Fair to give it the boot.
After a flurry of complaints by fairgoers about the subject matter and taste, the portrait of the comedian -- who has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women -- was pulled from the Agriculture Horticulture Building.
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Either way, emails started rolling in to Fair administrators complaining about the portrait.
Rindo said a Pioneer Press story last week that made mention of the Cosby portrait and the rapeseed may have heightened the attention and backlash.
He said he was told at least one complainant accused the exhibit of being "pro-rape." Others didn't care for the subject matter in general.
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Bill Cosby portrait in 'rapeseed' pulled from State Fair (Original Post)
Capt. Obvious
Sep 2015
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bobclark86
(1,415 posts)2. Sounds more like an anti-rape message to me n/t
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)3. I am amused with the medium used, seems rather a slam on Crosby.
ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)4. A Nit To Pick
Actually rapeseed is the actual type of oil seed. Canola is variant of that, not the other way around.
Now, to the point: kind of brave by the artist, and i think pretty clever.
But, i can see how it could have offended some folks.
Blue Owl
(49,913 posts)5. I'm a seed artist AND I VOTE