Semi naked paintings of women are pornographic now?

[i-need-a-martini]

This artist had a painting removed because the subject was showing pubic hair.

Since when is a) public hair not acceptable and b) nudity in art not acceptable?

I cannot believe that people go into an art gallery and then complain about what they see. Why are we becoming so ridiculously prudish?

http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-culture/painting-pulled-from-exhibition-because-of-dis...

[twyngwyn]

don't know....there's plenty on Ebay

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

I wonder if they would have been so draconian if it were Michelangelo's David?  His itty-bitty manhood is in full view.

[*mrgrizz*]

i can't believe that people go to art galleries

[lurker172602]

I think this from the link hits the nail on the head.

"The fact that it was replaced by another female nude leads McCall to believe that there’s even more behind the censoring of her work.
I genuinely think it’s because Ruby meets your gaze. She’s not a shy, timid woman; it’s not pornography in the sense of ‘Here I am, come and get me!’ It’s very much an equal gaze and that was the whole purpose of the painting,” she tells Vocativ. “We had a lot of different poses and tried a lot of different things and what I liked about this one is that she’s your equal, she’s there.”



It's not the image itself, it's that the woman is in control of it IMO

[pct001wine]

Pathetic.

Although maybe the smoking police had it removed because she is depicted puffing on a pipe

[durruticolumna]

Ridiculous.We are going backwards aren't we? I go to art galleries,mrgrizz 🙂

[boris1gary]

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@durruticolumna wrote:
Ridiculous.We are going backwards aren't we? I go to art galleries,mrgrizz 🙂

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as do I, I can't believe people don't go to galleries. I like the painting. Maybe the conservatives are just louder and grumpier?

[cherry*135]

Since when is a) public hair not acceptable and b) nudity in art not acceptable?

Public hair, lol

[imastawka]

Well,  it was public, wasn't it?    lol

IMO I think it was a real-life button pusher