ART EXHIBITION PROHIBITS ENTRY TO UNDER 12

An age restriction has been placed on a Grahamstown art exhibition on
children and sexuality at Rhodes University Art School by the Film and
Publication Board. Rhodes University vice-chancellor David Woods
confirmed that officials from the board had visited the exhibition and
requested that children under 12 be prohibited from viewing the
exhibition entitled Viscera. University vice-chancellor, Dr Woods said
that a warning stating "This exhibition contains nudity and may cause
offence" had been placed in the entrance to the display. The sexually
explicit sketches of nude children by the artist and university
lecturer Mark Hipper have caused controversy over artistic freedom and
child pornography. However, Hipper denied that his exhibition was
pornographic and he claimed that it was "about children discovering
their sexuality and coming to terms with it". He also denied
allegations that children had posed for the sketches.

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