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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has defended a painting depicting a teenage girl in what some described as a “sexually-suggestive pose.” The Met refuses to pull the piece, despite a petition to reconsider it garnering more than 9,000 signatures.
“I was shocked to see a painting that depicts a young girl in a sexually suggestive pose,”
"It can be strongly argued that this painting romanticizes the sexualization of a child.”
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if someone looks at this painting and sees something sexual, there's probably something very wrong with how they view children.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: trollz
While most of us do not view it as sexually exciting, you know that there are those out there that do.
originally posted by: butcherguy
On a side note, the artist is not great at painting cats, imo.
originally posted by: CulturalResilience
What does the cat signify?
originally posted by: CulturalResilience
What does the cat signify?
originally posted by: zosimov
a reply to: trollz
Have you seen any other of Balthus's pieces? The guy seems to have a propensity for depicting young girls in suggestive poses.
I don't agree in censoring "offensive" art, ever.
But to honor a perv with a spot in the Metropolitan Museum of Art? I wouldn't.
Balthus often depicted pubescent girls in erotic and voyeuristic poses. One of the most notorious works from his first exhibition in Paris was The Guitar Lesson (1934), which caused controversy due to its sadistic and sexually explicit imagery. It depicts a young girl arched on her back over the lap of her female teacher, whose hands are positioned on the girl as if to play her like a guitar: one hand near her exposed vagina, and the other hand grasping her hair.
Many of his paintings show young girls in an erotic context. Balthus insisted that his work was not erotic but that it recognized the discomforting facts of children's sexuality. In 2013, Balthus's paintings of adolescent girls were described by Roberta Smith in the New York Times as both "alluring and disturbing"
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
When they end up having to sell it let me know, it would look great in my pizza shop.