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...opponents of icky things say what the artist thinks doesn't matter, since by court interpretation, community standards apply. But community standards cannot be applied until the work is actually created. And if, as frequently occurs, artists plan to exhibit their work in various cities, community standards become virtually impossible to standardize...
...course it's questionable whether obscene art actually hurts anyone. Anyone who doesn't like an exhibit can avoid going to that part of the museum that day. If parents think art can corrupt their minor children, they should just not let their children see the offensive work--a sort of self-styled "just say no to sadomasochistic art" campaign...
Councillor James M. Kelly also asked Flynn, in a letter addressed yesterday, to cancel an upcoming exhibit of photographs taken by the late artist Robert Mapplethorpe...
Kelly was the latest city official to speak out against the two events. Former Boston Mayor John Collins, Philip Lawler of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights have also asked Flynn to take action on the Mapplethorpe exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary...
Flynn, however, has repeatedly said he will not attempt to block either the concert or the exhibit...