An suggestive exhibition by the Lecoq artists' collective was withdrawn
from the church Chapelle du Bourg in Arradon, Bretagne, northwestern
France, on 30 July.
The exhibition, titled Le Poulailler 4, was
scheduled to run from 27 July to 2 August 2026 and had been organized by
the municipality as part of its cultural programme.
The
exhibition included photographs depicting two men kissing, a man wearing
pink underwear in a suggestive pose, a photograph of male buttocks.
Only
after complaints about this homosexual propaganda, the municipality
proposed that the most controversial photographs either be removed from
the chapel or transferred to a nearby municipal exhibition space.
The Lecoq collective declined both proposals and removed the entire exhibition on 30 July, before its scheduled closing date.
Photographer
Nikolaz Le Coq stated that he had not considered the photographs to be a
profanation of the chapel and said he had [alledgely] not anticipated
that they would be perceived in that way.
The Chapelle du Bourg
is the former parish church of Arradon. Although it ceased to be the
town's principal parish church after a new church was opened in 1987, it
remains a consecrated Catholic chapel.
As usual under French laicism 1905 law, is owned by the municipality.
Worst:
The parish did not object to the exhibition as a whole. Rev. Hubert
Passemar objected only to several specific photographs and evenexpressed
regret that the artists chose to dismantle the entire exhibition rather
than remove only the disputed works.
Picture: Social Media Account Lecoq, #newsXrxrjakcmh