Sometimes a Nude is Just an Unclothed Body

This had nothing to do with retaliation,“ said Richard Zuckerman, attorney for the school district, who was also individually named in the suit…. He got punished.”In 2005, school district officials sought to fire the tenured teacher, accusing Panse of bringing sex into his high school classroom and of violating district policy by offering students a figure-drawing class — which would include the use of nude models — off campus and for his profit…. An administrative law judge ruled Jan. 8 that Panse did violate the district’s no-solicitation policy but that district officials failed to prove that his talk of nude-model drawing rose to the level of sexual inappropriateness.

Scrubbing Sexist Nudity

Ms. Carey sent one of her letters to the director of the Queens Museumof Art, Tom Finkelpearl, who also used to run the City’s Percent for Art program, which supports public art. In an interview, Mr. Finkelpearl said that, while he does consider the statue’s imagery sexist, he thinks there’s nothing wrong with artworks stirring debate…. I think it’s great; that’s people responding to public art.“But as for spending public money to restore the statue, he said, that’s another matter…. ”I think it’s kind of perfect the way it is.“‘Fat Boy’ Vs. Feminists – July 20, 2007 – The New York Sun:This is an interesting debate that, for once, does not stem from the fact that the subjects are nude.

Hiding Away

For the past few weeks I have been stuck in a hole. I’ve been shutting myself away from friends and family and not bothering to stir myself to focus on anything.

Dissapointment

Well, I’m not able to attend the Small Works opening, apparently when the website said Ground Floor in their floor plans they meant 3rd floor, up some rather difficult stairs.

The Naked Face of Art

To my mind there’s precious little point in complaining about the paucity of meaningful art any generation produces. You can’t browbeat artists into producing work that overcomes their audience’s natural resistance to a message.