The Nazis did it. The Taliban did it. Isis did it.
I say no to the petition to remove the Balthus painting from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art is subjective and almost never should be censored. I’ll go out on a limb to say to never. To censor is to silence. We are on the slippery slope of authoritarian control when works of art – literature music and dance are labeled degenerate.
Women must not.
What begins with one picture may lead to a battle of subjective perception and selective designation of expression. Art controlled not only under the constraints of the patriarchy but also straight-jacketed by self-righteous approval of other women.
The time for the women’s revolution is now.Continue reading “BALTHUS – DANGEROUS TIMES WHEN THE PENDULUM OVERCORRECTS”