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Love, sex and scandal tour tonight.\u00a0 We went from the Venus figurine, made 20,000 years ago, to the erotic work of Balthus, covering, in between nymphs and satyrs, heroes and centaurs, a raped Roman matron, a satirized French actress, a beloved 5th century Chinese singing girl and the Little Girl of Otto Dix.\u00a0 The basic theme was the enduring nature of love and sex, probably scandal, too, thought that’s hard to read in the archaeological record.<\/p>\n
The most controversial pieces were the final two, Little Girl and The Living Room.\u00a0 The one we decided was not pornographic though it appeared that way, the other was pornographic though it does not appear that way.\u00a0 The mutable nature of art.\u00a0 Along the way we spoke of the shadow museum, things we own, but do not display like shunga, the erotic prints from Japan, that our idea of propriety still carries over the Victorian sensibilities of now three centuries and a millennium past.<\/p>\n
We spoke openly about these things and, I think, surprised each other.\u00a0 In a good way.\u00a0 I enjoyed the group and the tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beltane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Last Frost Moon Love, sex and scandal tour tonight.\u00a0 We went from the Venus figurine, made 20,000 years ago, to the erotic work of Balthus, covering, in between nymphs and satyrs, heroes and centaurs, a raped Roman matron, a satirized French actress, a beloved 5th century Chinese singing girl and the Little Girl … Continue reading Love, Sex and Scandal<\/span>