Posted on 08/27/2009 1:29:33 PM PDT by Steelfish
Art or obscenity? A nude model is arrested at the Met August 27, 2009
Venus de Milo, Liberty leading the people, Lady Godiva ... and next?
Nudity has been a staple of the visual arts since time began, but apparently the real thing is still too much for some people to handle.
On Wednesday, a 26-year-old model was arrested in New York after posing for a photo shoot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Police said Kathleen Neill was posing naked for a photographer in full view of visitors at a gallery in the museum's arms and armor department.
Neill has been charged with two crimes: endangering the welfare of a minor and public lewdness, according to her lawyer, Donald Schechter. She was released from police custody Wednesday and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 22.
"She didn't do anything sexual. She didn't perform lewdly and she made no reference to her genitalia," Schechter said in an interview with Culture Monster.
"There are nude sculptures and paintings all over the museum. It's the height of stupidity accusing a live model of showing the same thing in a house of art."
The photo shoot was conducted by Brooklyn-based photographer Zach Hyman for an upcoming art show. (Hyman has not been charged with any crimes so far.) "It's a project I've been working on for three months now -- it's the idea that nudity isn't necessarily perverse or sexual," he said in a phone interview today.
Hyman didn't have formal permission to photograph in the museum but he said that "people take personal pictures there all the time."
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LOL
You better believe...
Not Guilty.
As I suspected...
not guilty.
I suspect she was drawn to the idea of creating a stir as well. If that’s the sort of girl you want to attract...
Someone’s comment on the linked site says, “Not guilty.” LOL!
The most offensive thing about that site is that it automatically resized my browser window.
So would it have been so difficult to call the gallery and get permission? They close a single door for a half-hour or they give you after-hours access and you're done. No, it has to be public...well, even in a place like that, it can be a problem.
The point in this isn't the pix, which, incidentally, are pretty good if a little uninspired. It's pressing the envelope and then acting innocent when you get the reaction you're expecting. The guy had bail money in his pocket, f'Petessake. She's not guilty, he's definitely not innocent.
His work is boring. I have little respect for lazy photographers who think they’re edgy or talented just by photographing nudes.
Why can’t we just stick to something nice/normal/natural like violence or depictions of violence? That’s something we can all agree is worthwhile to look at and depict.
This naked human body thing is just pushing the envelope too far I think. There’s nothing natural about it. This artist is going to injure someone permanently if he isn’t stopped.
Looks like ART to ME!
Aye Matey, and there's the rub! LOL!
Self ping
She looks like she got rescued from a desert island — about a week after the rations ran out.
I don't know about ART. But I know what I like.
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