It isn't being used without an object. It's in passive voice. First of all, there's an implied "was" before "displayed". This disappears via a common mechanism in English grammar called _ellipsis_. So the remaining "was" effectively applies both to "given" and "displayed". And both "was given" and "..._was displayed_" are to be understood as _passive voice_. The **object** is _Ju's art_. In active voice: (Somebody) gave approval, and (somebody) displayed Ju's art.