Friday, February 08, 2008
"when I take my sugar to tea..."
"I never take her where the gang goes..."? Sinatra was a Crip?
I wondered about "offending" people with a nude ( I always thought the word "nude" sounded a little pervy, but...) in one of my paintings. My favorite example of people having trouble with this is...Attorney General John Ashcroft. He spent $8000 of tax payer money to have Lady Justice draped for "aethetic reasons". That's good government!
Now I'm no activist for any pro-nudity special interest group ( to be fair, they've never contacted me either) , but I really don't understand people who have a problem with the naked body. I'm not saying to let your four-year old watch Deep Throat or anything, but I'm pretty sure that any "normal" person who looked at Lady Justice ( pre-drape) never went into any rapist frenzy.
Oh, if anyone is actually offended by my painting...I'll totally drape it for them.
"when I take my sugar to tea...", 2008
8" x 8", oil on gessoed panel
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