Yahoo! News - Art Exhibit Featuring Bush Stamp Probed: "Two federal agents arrived at the exhibit's opening night Thursday, took photos of some of the works and asked for the artists' contact information, said CarolAnn Brown, the gallery's director.
Brown said the agents were most interested in Chicago artist Al Brandtner's work titled 'Patriot Act,' which depicted a sheet of mock 37-cent red, white and blue stamps showing a revolver pointed at Bush's head.
Brandtner did not return a call to his design studio Tuesday.
The exhibit's curator, Michael Hernandez de Luna, said the inquiry 'frightens' him.
'It starts questioning all rights, not only my rights or the artists' rights in this room, but questioning the rights of any artist who creates � any writer, any visual artist, any performance artist. It seems like we're being watched,' he said.
Last spring, Secret Service agents in Washington state questioned a high school student about anti-war drawings he did for an art class, one of which depicted Bush's head on a stick. "
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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