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...Many of them, on display until Oct. 23, are scatological in nature; others are bitterly antireligious. Among the entries: a Soviet sketch featuring a man nailing himself to a cross and a Norwegian caricature of the Pope wearing a condom on his head. The exhibition, which was organized by WittyWorld, a U.S.-based magazine of international cartooning, also includes many sculpted depictions of male genitalia. Notes an American visitor: "These are people using a sexual vocabulary for the first time. It's like a kid screaming dirty words." Ironically, the current censorious frenzy inspired by Robert Mapplethorpe would make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now She'll Never Get an NEA Grant | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

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