8 Apr 2023

Art or porn in Paris exhibition

"Ma Pensée Sérielle" by Miriam Cahn (17/02/2023 to 14/05/2023 at palaisdetokyo in Paris) has been criticised for appearing to depict an act fellatio on children. But it’s intended by the artist as a critique of rape as a war crime.

See judge-has-dismissed-efforts-to-remove-a-miriam-cahn-painting-of-russian-war-crimes
and www.artnews.com/.../miriam-cahn-palais-de-tokyo-ukraine-painting-controversy

I fear that some of my gender-critter friends have got their knickers seriously back to front in this case by mixing up 'paedo porn' with a genuine feminist critique of, dare I call it, 'toxic masculinity'.

As someone who is keen on creative arts, which are meant to be challenging, I support freedom of expression.  As someone with a legal background too, I know that the question is always, where do you draw the line? This one is probably on the line: L’Origine du monde, 1866, by Gustave Courbet, at the Musee d’Orsay

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