The banned Manics sleeve proves that paint still has the power to shock

The impact the Manic Street Preachers album cover has made raises the interesting possibility that hand-made, painterly images now have more power to shock than conceptual artworksIt's not exactly Smell the Glove, is it? In the world's greatest rockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap, the fictional heavy-metal band's woes deepen when supermarkets refuse to display the sleeve of their latest album with its offensively sexist imagery. Instead, it is sold in a plain black sleeve, just as Manic Street Prea...

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