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Moreover, Fisher and Dudley House Artist-in-Residence Ivonne A-Baki had determined much earlier, with Wolf's cooperation, which works would be displayed for the duration of the two-week exhibit. The very graphic nudes were not among them...
Unfortunately, that happens all too often, as evidenced by recent events. Last week, Cameron Wolf, a self-described artist and student at the School of Public Health, alleged that Professor of Physics Daniel S. Fisher, the recently appointed master of Dudley House, had censored certain works out of a two-week exhibit of Wolf's work at the House. To hear Wolf tell it, the master was guilty of homophobia and discrimination in deciding that some of the photographs--of nude men and women--were inappropriate for display in his House...
...that's just not so. Indeed, Fisher did allow Wolf to display any and all of his works at a Dudley House reception sponsored by the Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Graduate Students association last Thursday night, in commemoration of World AIDS Day. The master merely insisted that certain, particularly graphic, works--including one homoerotic pose of two nude men embracing and one of a nude woman--be removed after the reception...
Specifics aside, the real issue here is whether Master Fisher has the right to choose what he wants displayed in Dudley House (he does), and whether his actions constitute censorship (they...
Dudley House is not an art gallery. Nor is it the right of Cameron Wolf, or any other Harvard-affiliated "artist," to display his work there. Censorship would imply that Master Fisher somehow barred Wolf from ever displaying his work anywhere. He did not. Rather, the master allowed Wolf to use the University-controlled space for a certain amount of time, and for a specified purpose...