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Controversial public art -- just nude or crude?
KOMONews.com ^ | 06/24/09 | Ray Lane

Posted on 06/25/2009 8:04:32 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway

BURIEN, Wash. -- Controversy is surrounding a new sculpture at the Burien/Interim Arts Space. The bronzed piece is of a squatting, nude woman, and it leaves little to the imagination, according to concerned parents.

"Just cover it up a little bit. Too much parts showing for the little kids," said parent Adam Sankey.

Anybody can walk through the privately-owned art space at Fifth Avenue SW and SW 150th Street. And for some, that's an issue, especially with a new library right next door.

"I don't want my kids around it," said parent Jole Sankey. "My 8 year old doesn't need to be exposed to it. I don't even want my 14-year-old son to be exposed to it."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: communistgoals; gramsci; modesty; napl
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"Where did I leave the Preparation-H?"



41 posted on 06/25/2009 11:14:11 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: lormand
"What woman gets naked, then just squats down in a thinking pose?"


Squatting in childbirth

I picked the least graphic picture. :-)

42 posted on 06/25/2009 11:21:54 AM PDT by Spunky (Quit breathing! You are contributing to global warming.)
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To: Spunky

I am deeply offended by your pornographic post.


43 posted on 06/25/2009 12:08:11 PM PDT by BJClinton (One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Renderofveils
Some of my favorite pieces of art are the ones that make me think... and some of them are quite dark

Caryatids...the convention

Fallen Caryatid, a statement about rethinking the convention...

...or maybe what happens if one tries to shrug at the wrong time.

44 posted on 06/25/2009 12:11:19 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Quick, somebody photoshop the Obama “hope” circle-logo onto the top of the round pedestal she’s squatting on.


45 posted on 06/25/2009 12:22:02 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
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To: Spunky
Reminds me of the story (and movie) about Joan the Mad in Spain (Juana La Luna was its title in Spain, they called the release with English subtitles “Mad Love”).

She was quite fecund, and one of her ladies in waiting was quite upset when a pregnant Joan excused herself to the bathroom, squatted down and gave birth to the future Holy Roman Emperor. The other lady in waitings comment made me spit up my drink laughing....

‘Pay it no mind, her Majesty is like a COW when it comes to such things.’

46 posted on 06/25/2009 12:30:01 PM PDT by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: Slings and Arrows

That anti-diarrheal ad: “Where will you be when the urge hits?”


48 posted on 06/25/2009 2:42:39 PM PDT by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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To: Darksheare

*snicker*


49 posted on 06/25/2009 2:53:48 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I think it’s beautiful.


50 posted on 06/25/2009 6:27:15 PM PDT by cyborg (The Cyborg Show brought you by the Apple iPhone)
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