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...Wolf attracted campus-wide attention earlier this week, when he made a big fuss about allegedly being "censored" by Dudley House Master Daniel Fisher. The artist, who is a student at the School of Public Health, charged House officials with homophobia and discrimination. He told The Crimson he resented having Fisher and Dudley House Artist-in-Residence Ivonne A-Baki choose which of his photographs could be displayed in a two-week exhibit at the House...
Moreover, Wolf's cry of "censorship" is simply false. Fisher allowed Wolf to display any works he wanted to at a reception in the Dudley House Common Room last night. That's how I was able to see them...
Master Fisher wanted to spare these grade schoolers the sight of works like Wolf's "Untitled #7," a photograph of two nude men, one holding the other's not-quite-covered genitals. He thought "Untitled #4"--which depicts a naked woman arched backwards, her crotch thrust toward the camera lens--might no; be the most appropriate backdrop for Silly Sally the Clown. He had problems with Wolf's version of Michelangelo's "Pieta": two nude men aping the famous pose of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Jesus...
...case, the issue of censorship is a moot point. To be censored implies that one's rights to free expression are being violated. Cameron Wolf, however, has no inalienable right to use Dudley House's walls to display his work. That's why he had to ask for permission to use the space. And that's why his right to free expression is not relevant here...
That said, having seen Wolf's photographs. I am confused by their message. It's hard for me to see how a photo of one man holding another's genitals represents a "changed" way of seeing the world in light of the AIDS crisis. Certainly, the exhibit's homoerotic content does little to promote safe...