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...1/2-in. by 19 3/4-in. pullout in the Feb. 25 issue was based on a design that Holmes had devised for the detailed maps that appeared in TIME every week after the war began. Holmes chose to depict Iraq in bold blood red and the seas in black to convey the starkness of war. The back of the map showed the weaponry being used by both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Apr. 15, 1991 | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

...Censorship!" in order to discredit the concept of moral standards in art. Four artists whose grant applications to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) were recently rejected have filed a lawsuit against the organization's "decency code," which forbids the funding of works of art and literature that depict homosexuality or the erotic. They claim that the code was the reason for their rejection and that it sets an unconstitutional limit on freedom of expression...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: Duping the NEA | 4/9/1991 | See Source »

Finally, and most important, market yourselves as normal people who lead normal lives outside the bedroom. In other words, do not promote your sexual identity as wholly central to your individual character. Doing so only reinforces the impression of gays as perverted and licentious creatures. Posters should depict gays in sport jackets and football jerseys, not leather, chains and high heels...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Mind Your Manners | 4/9/1991 | See Source »

Women are the only subjects in the portrait genre. Significant settings or texts often emphasize their traits or potential. In contrast to the tradition of their genre, these portraits possess political relevance. In refusing to depict women as sexual commodities, the works stand in marked contrast to prevailing media imagery...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Lesbian Art for a Change | 2/15/1991 | See Source »

...particularly worthy example is the photographs by Laura Aguilar from the Latina Lesbian Series. The stark straight-forward shots of women are contextualized by scrawled self-descriptions by the subject. These images and their accompanying text celebrate the achievements and strength of the women they depict...

Author: By Suzanne PETREN Moritz, | Title: Lesbian Art for a Change | 2/15/1991 | See Source »

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