Link: Art obscenity charges – Arts – Entertainment – smh.com.au.
We have come a long way from the times when Johannes Vermeer’s ‘The Girl with the Pearl Earring’ was considered pornography.
The argument that Bill Henson’s recent work is pornographic is impossible to comment on until I see the work and can make an informed opinion. That it true for everyone. Most people commenting on the work, including the Prime Minister, haven’t seen the work, but still fell they are able to comment.
I dare say in 10 years time, the AGNSW will buy one of these pieces and no one will bat an eyelid.
I do however wish I had a Henson right now; the media circus following this recent exhibition is driving prices though the roof.
And my cynical side thinks that may have been the plan all along.