Thanks - it has given me a bit of a giggle though!

After following this debate, I posted a thumbnail of a pig's nipple with the title 'A Beautiful Pair of Beasts'. when you see click to see the whole image, it's a piglet suckling from the mum (with a spare nipple in the foreground which is where the thumb comes from). To date, it has just under 200 viewings. The sad thing is - it is clear from the thumbnail that it is an animal's nipple!! Oh well it takes all sorts.

Thanks - I will!

Thank you. Still not sure about how these forums work - I assume the above comments are to me?! (I do take a while to catch on with some things!).

You are absolutely right, you cannot control differing perceptions and I am sure that maybe there would be the odd person here or there that would have their own unsavoury perception of the piece. I am just confused as to why a naked sculpture of a child is acceptable in art circles when I am pretty sure a 2D representation probably wouldn't. I mean, why not accept both or ban both? Do you see what I mean? It's a strange world that we live in.

I am new to all this and have just finished reading this thread - I have found it really interesting and informative as a relative newcomer to RR. The one thing that strikes me about nudity and Art v Porn is that the same issues don't seem to apply in sculpture. To give you an example, I just spent a day at the Tate Gallery in London, where I saw a fantastic sculpture/statue of a naked young boy. It was anatomically graphic and very beautiful. It was pure art and could not have been seen in any other way. However, I did wonder at the time if the same image would have been acceptable as a life-size photograph/painting up on the wall in the Tate. If the answer is no, it would not be acceptable, does that mean that statues/sculptures do not have the same arousal issues that photographs/paintings/drawings do? And if not - why not?

Thank you - not sure if we were supposed to put the words with the picture though!

Soon you'll be telling me John Prescott was only being friendly with his secretary!!!

Thank you for putting my pic in the Last Week in The galleries - I am still learning about this site and was not aware of this so it was a nice surprise. There is some very beautiful work there so I feel very honoured to be there too!

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Oh brilliant - thank you!

Yes, I did see it thank you and I successfully uploaded the image - but not sure if it is a fractal or not because I'm not totally sure what fractals are. It is a new word to me.

Actually - please could you tell me how I make a link to my gallery page? Thanks.