Tuesday, July 22, 2008

"Newport Nude" Back On Display After 60 Years


A 1947 painting by Sir Gerald Kelly has gone back on display in Wales. Originally the controversy centered around the model's scandalous nudity, but today people seem more offended by the cigarette in her hand.
Office worker Elizabeth Ayres, 38, of Newport, said: 'She's a bit of a Fag Ash Lil but I can't imagine why the painting would be banned.

'Maybe it's because of the way she is staring - women in those days weren't allowed to be that brassy.'
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