The Nipples are Too Erect

A nude self-portrait by artist Maxime Xavier has been banned from exhibition in a competition show because the nipples are "too erect". "

It is ludicrous to say that the good people of Lyme Regis need to be protected from seeing my nipples. A few people on the organising committee told me that my painting could not be shown because my nipples were too erect. It is not as if I am knocking things off shelves with them when I go shopping. I use myself as the model in front of a mirror because it saves paying someone else and I paint late at night when I cannot expect another model to pose for me. I cannot apologise for my nipples being erect because, luckily, they have always looked this way. This is not hard or even soft porn. It is just a beautiful, sensual painting with a lot of feeling in it."

I'm on her side when it comes to the nipples, but the painting reminds me of carnival ride imagery.

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