Comments on: Bill Henson – artist or pervert?

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Art or exploitation? » Opinion Australia — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 03:26:36 +0000

[...] Sheep & White Crow” by Jan Saudek. (for the comprehensive blog entry see “Bill Henson – artist or pervert“) Black Sheep & White Crow (with thanks to Sydney Morning [...]

By: mugsey

mugsey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:05:20 +0000

Just want to thank Welsh Dog.

By: Welsh Dog

Welsh Dog — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:29:51 +0000

That particular image was considered to be ‘accecptable’ but it is in no way representative of the worst of Henson’s excesses.

For some idea of what the ongoing furore is about, have a look at this image and tell me this isn’t ‘kiddie porn’!!

http://opinionaustralia.com/images/2008/sep/henson_untitled%201985-86.jpg

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:02:03 +0000

“He has to sell his kiddie porn photos in Oz, because he is banned from doing it anywhere else.”

Tazia,
Wrong on two counts, 1. not kiddie porn (ask the police, no case to answer), 2 where is Henson’s work banned besides the vacuum of your mind?

By: Welsh Dog

Welsh Dog — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:46:03 +0000

Seems to me that *nothing* is going to be done. We’ve a debate in progress on the sister site to this one (http://australianopinion.com) and I could really do with some assistance!

After a while you feel you are simple repeating yourself and the appeals to ‘freedom of expression’ are hard to counter – especially when the people you are arguing against seem more erudite than yourself. Or maybe they have a particular axe to grind with an agenda that stretches outside the simple arguments they are proposing… who really knows.