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Chuck Close Show At The National Gallery Of Art Postponed Over Sexual Misconduct
Isn't this all getting out of control? shocking news! artist asks women to undress. What's new?
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Khandro - But he didn't simply ask them to undress - did he?
"Late last year, several women told US media that Close, who is handicapped and relies on a wheelchair due to spinal artery collapse, had asked them to undress and made unwanted advances and explicit comments when they visited his studio."
You omiited the 'made unwanted advances and explicit comments' part from your OP.
Maybe you should read your own link before you post it?
And if you have read it, please don't edit it to make it apear as though the issue is more trivial than it is.
"Late last year, several women told US media that Close, who is handicapped and relies on a wheelchair due to spinal artery collapse, had asked them to undress and made unwanted advances and explicit comments when they visited his studio."
You omiited the 'made unwanted advances and explicit comments' part from your OP.
Maybe you should read your own link before you post it?
And if you have read it, please don't edit it to make it apear as though the issue is more trivial than it is.
That's some slippery slope, from world class artist and photographer to leching perv in a wheelchair.
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He has at least had the good grace to more or less apologise for perceived offence.
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He has at least had the good grace to more or less apologise for perceived offence.
I thought thist was the National Portrait Gallery four victorian photographers - Julia Cameron and Carroll
Carroll used to take piccies of girls wivvart clothes - but Alice Liddell of Alice fame is there - clothed
but in New York - is this a case of shooting the messenger innit and burning the message -
Do we refuse with ornate phrases about obsecnity to look at Dadd's pictures because he butchered his father ?
and E A Gill was pretty odd - wivviz models and when they wouldnt oblige - his kids .....
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Carroll used to take piccies of girls wivvart clothes - but Alice Liddell of Alice fame is there - clothed
but in New York - is this a case of shooting the messenger innit and burning the message -
Do we refuse with ornate phrases about obsecnity to look at Dadd's pictures because he butchered his father ?
and E A Gill was pretty odd - wivviz models and when they wouldnt oblige - his kids .....
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NY Times; "Two women recently told The New York Times that Mr. Close had asked them to model naked for him, requests that made them feel exploited and uncomfortable."
They were models for Pete's sake, that's what models do! I've hired scores of them.
If they didn't want to undress all they had to do was say "no", there's thousands of models who are comfortable with the job and the guy is invalided in a wheelchair and can't attack them anyway - it's all rather sad really, and doesn't warrant the closure of a major exhibition in a public gallery.
They were models for Pete's sake, that's what models do! I've hired scores of them.
If they didn't want to undress all they had to do was say "no", there's thousands of models who are comfortable with the job and the guy is invalided in a wheelchair and can't attack them anyway - it's all rather sad really, and doesn't warrant the closure of a major exhibition in a public gallery.
Khandro - // NY Times; "Two women recently told The New York Times that Mr. Close had asked them to model naked for him, requests that made them feel exploited and uncomfortable."
They were models for Pete's sake, that's what models do! I've hired scores of them.
If they didn't want to undress all they had to do was say "no", there's thousands of models who are comfortable with the job ... //
I refer you back to my previous post, and to your own link which youupplied with your OP.
// ... and the guy is invalided in a wheelchair and can't attack them anyway - it's all rather sad really, and doesn't warrant the closure of a major exhibition in a public gallery. //
The potential for a physical attack may be limited, but not eliminated, as you state, and an attack does not have to be physical to be distressing, and to warrant action.
They were models for Pete's sake, that's what models do! I've hired scores of them.
If they didn't want to undress all they had to do was say "no", there's thousands of models who are comfortable with the job ... //
I refer you back to my previous post, and to your own link which youupplied with your OP.
// ... and the guy is invalided in a wheelchair and can't attack them anyway - it's all rather sad really, and doesn't warrant the closure of a major exhibition in a public gallery. //
The potential for a physical attack may be limited, but not eliminated, as you state, and an attack does not have to be physical to be distressing, and to warrant action.
I found this an interesting read on the wider subject and it does raise the broader question of how we view the artworks that hang in galleries etc and the stories behind both the artists and the sitters.
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Without being a fly on the wall, it's hard to comment on what he did or didn't do and whether it was warranted.
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Without being a fly on the wall, it's hard to comment on what he did or didn't do and whether it was warranted.
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