"Seriously, I am not a prude by any means, but I do not understand the mentality of someone who goes through all the work and trouble of creating a statue, and then deliberately decides to make it naked. Why? You have to wonder what is going on in such a mind. Do they secretly get off knowing that it will be in a very public place and that children will be viewing it? You seriously have to wonder these things. I can't even begin to understand."
Look at the sentence that I bolded in your post.
Do you honestly think that this work of art is harmful to children? The human body is not "dirty" and unfit to be viewed. I do not think viewing a female breast would have any harmful effect on a child. Their minds are not dirty, they are innocent. Adults cause the problem by making children think that they should be ashamed of the human body.
No, I do not beleive children belong in art museams where nudity is on display. At least not until they are old enough or curious enough to have snuck a peak at their first girlie mag. :) I must be a regular barbarian at the gate. An old fart at 31. Oh well.
Still, my point is, as stated above, I do not understand the mentality of someone who goes through all the work and trouble of creating a statue, and then deliberately decides to make it naked. Why? I wish I had the talent to create such a thing, but I would sculpt it with clothes on. Sorry.