Artist Kirsha Kaechele said they needed to fight for ‘the right to make some men uncomfortable’
Artist Kirsha Kaechele performing outside Mona with props from her Ladies Lounge installation, following a court order to admit men to the lounge.Artist Kirsha Kaechele performing outside Mona with props from her Ladies Lounge installation, following a court order to admit men to the lounge.Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art will appeal an anti-discrimination decision that ordered the museum to allow men entry to its women-only Ladies Lounge.
“We need to challenge the law to consider a broader reading of its definitions as they apply to art and the impact it has on the world, as well as the right for conceptual art to make some people uncomfortable.”in March after Sydney man Jason Lau, who has kept a low public profile throughout the entire saga, lodged a complaint with the tribunal arguing his denial of admittance to the Ladies Lounge when he visited the museum on 1 April 2023 was gender discrimination.
Mona’s defence included the claim the Ladies Lounge did include men, because their feelings of exclusion were in fact part of the installation’s artistic effect.Mona’s statement on Tuesday said the appeal has been lodged on the grounds that the tribunal took too narrow a view in terms of women’s historical and ongoing societal disadvantage.
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