Well, not to me, but it is in the opinion of one member of the city council of Lubbock, Texas, which banned the painting to the left from a show in the Buddy Holly Center this week. Also banned was a nude of a pregnant mother.
I was contacted by Annie Harrison, who is the model for the painting, and who is understandably a bit peeved that this touching, dare we say normal, moment between her and her daugher Samantha is being labeled indecent.
Here's a local press report on the incident:
"A city of Lubbock official banned two drawings - one with nudity - from an art show in a city-run facility, a move the artist says could discourage her West Texas colleagues.
The predominantly pencil-sketched images of a nearly fully clothed mother who is breast-feeding and a nude pregnant woman were banned from the Buddy Holly Center, a cultural facility that pays tribute to the late rock 'n' roll star and regularly displays various art forms.
'I was very surprised because I had shown there in 2003 and had shown many nudes,' Lahib Jaddo said Tuesday. 'I am mad at the city.'
...'We will continue to review exhibits on a case-by-case basis using good judgment about the nature of what is displayed in a city-owned facility which hosts events attended by children,' City Manager Lee Ann Dumbauld said through [a city spokeswoman]."
The artist accuses the city of making the decision to ban the paintings without even seeing them, noting that the decison was made over the phone. The museum is a city-run facility.
Fortunately not everyone in Lubbock agrees with the city, including this blogger and her readers. If you'd care to email the council or mayor, their contact information is here.
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