during the Serrano "Piss Christ" controversy
was Frank Moore's
noting that the image itself was
beautiful (end of argument)
so the current "Britney Spears Pro-life"
hullabaloo [GoogleNews]
first makes me study the work itself
[flickr, 3pix]
and while i regret not yet finding
an unembarrassed photo
of the action end
i have to say
as art
i think it may be
the most powerful fertility image
of the last 20,000 years
the sculptor is evidently
school of Koons
playing the media
with serious intent
[2005 NYT] [mp3 interview]
but that won't matter
ten years from now
