Editing Hans Haacke (section)

===2000s===
At the 2000, [[Whitney Biennial]], at the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] in New York, Haacke presented a piece that is a direct reaction to art censorship. The piece called ''Sanitation'' featured six anti-art quotes from US political figures on each side of mounted American flags. The quotes were in a [[Blackletter|Gothic]] style script typeface once favored by Hitler's Third Reich. On the floor was an excerpt of the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] of the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing freedom of speech and expression. Lined up against the wall were a dozen garbage cans with speakers emitting military marching sounds.<ref name="Art?">''Slate'' magazine. [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2000/03/hans-haacke-art-or-punditry.html "Hans Haacke: Art or Punditry?"] Online article by Judith Shulevitz. March 16, 2000. Accessed January 25, 2020.</ref> Haacke notes that "freedom of expression is the focus of the work".<ref name="The Art Libel"/>