How To Politically Balance Your Political Art Show

“When New Times first reported that the exhibition was being planned and included many anti-Bush works, Aeizona State University administrators promised that the show would not go on unless it was politically balanced. More than 400 pages of e-mails and correspondence written as far back as February through July 21 between museum staff, ASU administrative officials and the artists who were asked to participate in the show reveal how this ‘balance’ was achieved: Anti-Bush works were eliminated; museum director Marilyn Zeitlin allowed work she called ‘mediocre’ to be included; and ASU administrators with no background as curators, including President Michael Crow, weighed in on the content.”