Mon 9 June 2008 - Artwork controversy
I’m not really familiar with the work of Bill Henson.
I’m more familiar with Jim Henson.
But I do know this: Nudity is not necessarily sexuality. Context is critical. Which is why Mal Day’s comments on Lateline were so stupid:
If I was to take those - take similar photos and display ‘em in any of our adultshop.com retail stores, albeit only to adults coming through the doors, that would definitely be considered child porn.
Idiot. A pr0n shop is not an art gallery. Display nudity in a pr0n shop, and of course it would be considered sexual. Context.
Tell you what I did find mildly amusing though: turns out Eros, the adult entertainment industry body, has been donated $10,000 to complainant Hetty Johnson’s Bravehearts Foundation. Not the first pairing one would have thought of.