Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton's leaked naked photos will not be making a disappearance any time soon. This is after Cory Allen Contemporary Art gallery announced that the photos will be featured in a collection entitled "Fear Google."
According to TIME, the photos will be a part of the campaign alongside other photos of celebrities featured in vulnerable and intimate moments. The new additions to the "Fear Google" campaign will allegedly be printed unaltered on life-sized canvas prints. The "No Delete" show will be opening soon and will include comprised photos released by hackers or taken by the paparazzi in the last seven years courtesy of artist XVALA.
The collection will also include naked photos of Scarlett Johansson, who is remembered as part of a hacking scandal in recent years. Britney Spears with her shaved head will also be there, shares TIME.
According to Cory Allen, XVALA's publicist, the "compromised" images in the exhibit has made an impact on the debate over digital privacy. Artist XVALA also said: "In today's culture, everybody wants to know everything about everybody. An individual's privacy has become everyone else's business."
The Sydney Morning Herald also has the artist saying that secrets in the technological age are easily accessible to others. Also according to the article, the collection also includes sculptures "fabricated from the residential trash of celebrities and tech icons." The article listed Kim Kardashian, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs among these figures.
Upton and Lawrence have both had representatives speak for them about their intent to pursue legal action against the people who post the stolen photos. However, The Sydney Morning Herald says that some sites have refused to take down the images, saying that non-selfie photos are not copyrighted by the subject.
XVALA continues: "I'm taking them off the internet and putting them into a new medium that is transformative." The Sydney Morning Herald also says that the artist is intent on continuing the exhibition and hopes to not need an attorney.
However, not everyone is thrilled with the upcoming exhibit. The Huffington Post says that XVALA's decision to make art out of the scandal is the "nastiest reaction so far." There is no word from Lawrence and Upton's camp about the exhibition and how it will affect their legal battles.
"No Delete" will be opening on October 30. The Independent adds that the Florida art gallery's exhibit will be located at The Showroom in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
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