Self-censorship and problems of exoticism were brought up online.
The controversy around the art work first erupted when artist Sean Dunston took to Instagram to say the Urban Redevelopment Authority had ordered for the erasure of a cigarette from a mural on 297 South Bridge Road.
Yip also cited a 2016 incident when, during the consultation phase, he canned his initial vision of painting a scene of coolies smoking opium, and changed it to one of the coolies cooking on their bunk bed. The 40m-long mural is on the back wall of Thian Hock Keng temple in Chinatown. In an e-mail from URA to the landlord seen by ST dated June 18, URA cited feedback from an unnamed member of the public that the woman depicted “looks more like a prostitute than a hard-working samsui woman” and was “offensive”.
It said the “glamorous” depiction of the woman “does not reflect the gritty and harsh realities faced by samsui women”. The organisation said that while it champions artistic freedom, artists need to tell stories with “respect and authenticity”.
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