Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are not necessarily in the business of making controversial art.
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I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.Jane Alexander
If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in question, we at the endowment will be prepared to defend it.
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All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.
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Well, in the 1990 reauthorization legislation, there was a phrase that said we do not fund obscenity as defined by a court of law.
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Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.
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No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.
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