CynthiaGrow_covered up her self-portrait"Recordingthe lnvisible"exhibit displayedin a

attachedto the lob.byat WestVill-age

g,onn.e;tor.hallw,ay after a singlecomphiht llalmlng
that the artwork edgedtoo far toward pornography.
lagesubstationreferredquestions Althoughartistandcuratoralike
to Capt.R.C.Evans,whocouldnot saidtheyrespecttheman'srightto
be reachedfor commentor to complain,theydoappearto resent
obtaina copyof thecomplaint hisdecision to goto thepolice.
Theidentityof thecomplainant
andhasdisplayedherworkinNew remainsa mysteryto the targets "I wouldhavelovedto sit down
York and Philadelphi4initially of hisire. andhavea conversation insteadof
tookdownall ninepaintings.But "We take pride in personally him goingto thepolicg"Ferguson
thenshedecidedto displaythem knowingall of our residents said. In any case,she has no
coveredin brownpaperfrom the poneof us recognized and
him,"Fer- regretsabouttheexhibition.
shouldersdown. Each is now gusonsaid.
"Art'sart " sheshrugged.

ship that statesnude paintings

don'tconstituteobscene material,
whichit sayslacksserioussocial,
politicalor artisticvalue.
"It waskind of a play on [the
policel sayingwe could display
themif theobscene partsarecov-
eredup,"Growsaidof thenewdis
play.She'sconsideringmodifying
the ,presentationto removethe
brown paper and cover the
"offending"partsof thepainting,
andmaybetheeyes,with extracts
from obscenitycaselaw.
"At this point it's an ongoing
project" shesaid."It's my artistic
statement."
Growsaidher intent wasn'tto
shock.Shesaidherworkquestions
the objectificationof womenby
trying to blur the line between
subjectandobjectandaddednoth-
ing shedoesis cuttingedge.
Ferguponagreed."I've seen
work moreprovocativethanthis
andpeoplehaveneveqeverhada
problem,"shesaid.
West Village resident Casey
Klofstadsaidtheedribitiondidn't
offend him and first caughthis
attentionasmuchbecauseit was
newasfor thecontent.
'My first thoughtwas,'Oh,
they
changed it,'" hesaid."It's notice-
abl6.But