The Body Politic

Vignettes and cartoons highlighting the foibles of the political process in relationsship to embodiment and body art

This one came from the New Yorker circa 1992. I have had it tucked among my files these long years as computer and web capabilities grew. It likely was a response to one of the many political controversies surrounding use of public funds for encouragement of the arts.

 

For a thoughtful discussion of art and censorship in the context of classical painting, please see Indecent Images — a gallery of evocative pre-Raphaelite paintings, with commentary and background by Steven William Rimmer.

 

© Keith Eric Grant — The Ramblemuse^SM, 02 April 2000. All rights reserved.