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1 June 2008

Bill Henson - Art or Pornography?

We begin with an interview from 2003 when Bill Henson spoke to Julie Copeland about the relationship between people and place in his photographs - between his dark urban landscapes and the young figures he depicts in them.
The president of the Law Society of New South Wales Hugh Macken believes whilst it will be very difficult to prosecute the artist, people publishing and accessing the images electronically, could be in trouble.
Vivien Gaston is an art historian and critic and an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne and has mixed feelings about the art of Bill Henson.


Presenter

Amanda Smith