Controversy: the Power of Art 21 June-12 August 2012, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery The exhibition includes over 100 works from major and regional galleries and explores the social and cultural impact of art through examples that have provoked intense response and controversy. Beginning with key works by Duchamp and Pollock that redefined the nature of art itself, the exhibition includes examples from the Archibald Prize. It charts the involvement of art with salient social and political issues including social injustice, violence, refugees and the homeless. Controversies over lifestyles and critiques of bourgeois…