Polish girls protest art work ban with banana selfies

A number of hundred Polish girls are sharing images of themselves consuming bananas on Instagram – along with the hashtag #bananaselfie.

The social media activists are protesting the removing of feminist art work from Poland’s Nationwide Museum in Warsaw final week.

One of many items is a video set up entitled “Client Artwork”, which was produced by artist Natalia LL – dubbed a “Polish-born pioneer of feminism” – in 1973.

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The art work in query incorporates a girl consuming a banana, and has been within the gallery for a number of years.

The removing of the art work occurred after the brand new museum head, Jerzy Miziolek, was summoned to the Ministry of Tradition.

One other video by a distinct feminine artist, which reveals a lady strolling two males who’re dressed like canines, has additionally been eliminated.

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Final week, in an interview with Polish publication Onet.pl, Miziolek stated he was “against exhibiting works that might irritate delicate younger individuals”.

Nevertheless, the removing has prompted a stir, with Instagram customers campaigning for “free speech” and “anti-censorship”.

The backlash isn’t restricted to Instagram solely. Protesters yesterday gathered in entrance of the museum, brandishing the bananas which have develop into symbolic of the anti-censorship protest.

This isn’t the primary time bananas have been used as a political image this yr.

Again in February, Meghan Markle wrote inspirational messages on bananas to intercourse staff – though some later branded them “offensive”.