[Leica] The fine line between art and pornography

[Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>]

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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