Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The fine line between art and pornography
From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:28:45 -0500
References: <7629EB4795F39146A4D2ECC655CD68EA2B1303@asc02.asc.upenn.edu> <82CB5628-2B5D-11D8-A40A-000393AC0E1A@johnbrownlow.com>

 >>> Perhaps he and Nan Goldin should get together and photograph Cindy 
Sherman.<<<   --- doing what?

Laughing!



Johnny Deadman wrote:

> That guy needs to get out more. A LOT more.
> 
> Perhaps he and Nan Goldin should get together and photograph Cindy Sherman.
> 
> On Dec 10, 2003, at 3:31 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> 
>> Not for the faint of heart, but the art world (in which some artists use
>> cameras) swings back and forth. Ashkan Sahihi's made a "sensational" 
>> series
>> of images that are only offensive with the proper text accompanying them.
>> And he's made an interesting comment on pornography without using nudity.
>> Which is interesting in and of itself. Are people trying, 
>> intentionally now,
>> to be the next robert maplethorpe, or andreas serrano? Probably not, but
>> they pushed the envelope in a very different direction and it's never 
>> going
>> to lose that shape, it'll just keep going.
>>
>> Ah, the LUG, that's where I get the art scene buzz.....
>>
>> Again -- a warning -- no nudity, but graphic sexual content.
>>
>> Interview about the exhibit:
>>
>> http://www.nerve.com/Dispatches/Martin/Face_premium/Face_text.asp
>>
>> And the exhibit:
>>
>> http://www.axelraben.com/sahihi/cumShots/
>>
>> kc
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In reply to: Message from Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> ([Leica] The fine line between art and pornography)
Message from Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com> (Re: [Leica] The fine line between art and pornography)