Melbourne Row Over Art 'porn'
Police in Australia have investigated pornography claims against an art gallery which exhibited a painting drawn from a 19th-century woodcut by the Japanese artist Hokusai. The painting, The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, is by an Australian, David Laity, and is valued at £5,400. It...
Police in Australia have investigated pornography claims against an art gallery which exhibited a painting drawn from a 19th-century woodcut by the Japanese artist Hokusai.
The painting, The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, is by an Australian, David Laity, and is valued at £5,400. It is being shown in a Melbourne gallery. Like the 1814 original, it depicts a woman copulating with an octopus.
Mr Laity said: "It's a really lovely wild image. It's meant to be a dream image."
The gallery's director, Brian Kino, said: "Haven't people progressed in 200 years that they're still shocked by this sort of thing?"
After taking legal advice, the police agreed that the painting could be shown.
The painting, The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, is by an Australian, David Laity, and is valued at £5,400. It is being shown in a Melbourne gallery. Like the 1814 original, it depicts a woman copulating with an octopus.
Mr Laity said: "It's a really lovely wild image. It's meant to be a dream image."
The gallery's director, Brian Kino, said: "Haven't people progressed in 200 years that they're still shocked by this sort of thing?"
After taking legal advice, the police agreed that the painting could be shown.
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