We have come a long way backwards. I viewed the Whitney's Surreal Sixties exhibition last week. Surrealism it wasn't. Mostly a collection of oh yeah Warhol et al, however is wasn't very provocative except for a giant nude male mural by Harold Stevenson. The New Adam. 30 feet long. Nothing XXX, however the spectators turned away their gaze and walked quickly away, as if the sexual Revolution or the XXX era had been replaced by super vanilla PG. I sat for twenty minutes. Not a single glance longer than a second. A nation of prudes. Finally two young people stood and studied the painting. I went over to them and applauded their boldness. We are not done yet by a long shot
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