tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089615911925785137.post6309584820174623725..comments2024-03-22T14:54:11.872-04:00Comments on Blue Moon River: Nudity in artSusan Brubaker Knapphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490050360258082767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089615911925785137.post-65003008413136330392008-04-07T03:41:00.000-04:002008-04-07T03:41:00.000-04:00I couldn't link to the articles, but this gets my ...I couldn't link to the articles, but this gets my dander up. Issues about society's mixed messages about women's bodies, puritan views about sexuality, who controls images of women. Echoes of the Serrano/Mapplethorpe debate re: NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) funding in the 1980's.<BR/>I hope that Ms. Reid gets the prize money, but what a blow not to get the actual prize because of the panel's moralizing.<BR/>My art quilt 'Desert River Goddess' which shows a nude woman running through the desert was shown in the UK several years ago. Wonder what would happen if I enter it into a US quilt show? Hmmmmmm....<BR/>Thank you for posting about this Susan.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17904953326399195764noreply@blogger.com