Show v no r. nu iJ r Art or Ob Obscenity Thank heavens for the right to choose x WITH A T ITH all of the obsessive behavior exhibited over theArt theArt the V Y Art or Obscenity plague surfacing in this country one has to ask what the real issue is Like the flag-burners flag federally funded obscene paintings and photographs are very few and far-between far and the amount of money given to these so-called so artists is less than substantial considering the massive amounts of waste our government has In fact the furor sweeping this country over funding for photos is so large that practically everyone has heard of the artist by now To push the facts further what began as a small grant to to display his art some time ago has turned into what the country perceives as millions thrown into obscene art the one who has brought us photographs of naked men in all kinds of positions has an estate which has enormously from the publicity The demand for for- tickets to see the display is tremendously high Ironica Ironically Iy died of an AIDS related disease but he would've been rich had he been sexually prudent Then theres there's Serrano the unorthodox photographer who brought us crucifixes dipped in urine crucifixes crucifixes' dipped in milk and to most crossed the blasphemy line at t least once is now a wealthy man also Why Bec Because use the publicity has been low cost and wide-spread wide for him Nothing Nothing Nothing Noth Noth- ing is better for an artist artis than to be noticed whether its it's attacking his art or standing in line for hours to get tickets to see it and Serrano got both and now they're rich and famous Lets Let's give some credit to Pat Robertson and his Christi Christian Christian- ii Coalition for their ad campaign and Serrano didn't pay a dime for the ads but b burthey the only ones from the advertising Obviously Pat and his haired grey-haired buddies tried to stifle the photographs from being shown to an impressionable public but in their efforts made it possible for children to catch a glimpse at atthe atthe atthe the pictures in newspapers news magazines and news broadcasts on television Its It's not all Pats Pat's fault though The media has to take some credit too If we really want to stop an artist from gaining acceptance we must ignore him Nothing hurts an artist more than ignoring his work But news is news and the public demands to know about it Behind it all the government lets lets' us down again Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress will never cease to amaze us Does the Congress really know what is art and what isn't Should they make the final decision Congress has never been afraid to spend money Although according to an article in July 2 issue of Newsweek the Congress spends million each year to fund art it is still less than the million they spend to keep the military bands marching This This' comes from the same body of serving self-serving bureaucrats that purchase ha hand tools for each r 0 Honestly we have to admit the art in question must must t. t be considered obscene to the majority of this country O Or One has to be demented to find it ente entertaining but bu- buas gas as as Americans we have the right to be demented L Lets Let's t s- s sigI igI ignore g gt t the e a art we find obscene to us JIs Lets Let's seriously think about about bJ I keeping O our I freedoms and saying our QUI fr freedoms freedoms' f Q ij children i l p M After all at the c children are t re the e ones s' s wb who'll t ut them them J r. r r r 1 |