No this is not another article about Dan Radcliffe’s nude scene on stage. This time a group of aspiring artists paid homage to Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam,” with Potter as Adam and Professor Dumbledore. Silly as it sounds, the homage was true to its source and Potter’s parts were in full view. This caused the principal to have the offending panel taken down until they reached a compromise.
Principal Jeff Schlecht had the nearly nude panel of Potter taken down the day the mural was hung, April 11, citing school policies over excessive bareness. Hundreds of students protested on Siskiyou Boulevard two weeks later, and several conferences were held between the artists and administration.
Now even as an artist myself I still struggle with “artistic nudity” in peices. If a teacher was to show hand drawn porn to a school kid they could lose their job. But Michelangelo paints a willie right there, and boom. Its art. But are we to censor these classic works from an era where this was considered acceptable? The debate goes on.
However, in this mural I think it is irresponsible of them to have allowed Harry’s hairy to be exposed to begin with. It is inappropriate and unnecessary. They changed the identity of David and God himself, so why can’t they give Potter some Fruit of the Looms?? Does this somehow affect the integrity of the art if the boy wizard got dressed in the morning?
I can just imagine the “Dumbledore is gay” routine getting abused in light of this imagery.
The funniest part of this story is how the whole thing began over “excessive bareness” in the picture. And now that he is only 99% naked its ok??
That is a really generous margin of what is considered “excessive”.
