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Robert Mapplethorpe And Obscenity Charges
Robert Mapplethorpe began taking photographs in 1970 with a Polaroid camera given to him by a friend. Nearly twenty years later, when Mapplethorpe died at the age of forty-two, he was considered one of the most important photographers of his time. His elegant and sometimes shocking nudes, the b ....
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.... diverse beliefs and values of the American public,'' as well as artistic excellence, in awarding grants.
Some NEA supporters objected, including Karen Finley - who had previously received a grant for smearing her naked body with chocolate, an act judged to be artistic excellence.
Finley filed a lawsuit, arguing the decency standard was too vague - and also that it violated free speech.
Inexplicably, she prevailed on the trial and appellate levels, setting the stage for a Supreme Court hearing next year.
Decency is no less vague than artistic merit, the only standar ....
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