Porn on an art site.

[DemonsAngel]

I am getting really sick of logging into a so called "art" site and seeing a bunch of pornographic photos people are claiming to be art. A woman squeezing her breasts and moaning is clearly more suited for a porn site. Not a site where children and young adults who are clearly to young to see such things are able to make an account to post their art work. Then I find a picture of a guy playing with himself, which is against site rules I might add, that someone has labeled art. Not even close. Is it really too much to ask for an art site where people actually follow the rules or the owners actually pay attention?

Thank you AFF staff for actually taking care of the site! It's so nice to see people who actually care ^^

[Aurora Moon]

I don't mind artistic nudity.... but It also irks me that people can't seem to tell the difference between artistic nudity AND porn.

After all, tastefully done artwork that has naked people tend to look like this:

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/RM/VenusAnadyomeneIngres.jpg (painted image of venus)

http://www.howarddavidjohnson.com/scan0001a_copy.jpg (naked girl with flowers in front of her to hide her boobs)

There's tons more out there that actually have artistic merit. there's some that might be interpreted as slightly risque, but were CLEARLY not intended for sexual gratification of the viewer.

Any time a naked image seems intended to be competely sexual in nature, then it's porn. simple as that.

A lady or even a bunch of naked guys bathing in a river, for instance, could be sexually arousing to somebody out there, but such a image wasn't made with the intent to arouse everyone out there. so therefore such a image would then be called art.

I'm pretty sure everyone would agree with that?

[DemonGoddess]

Definitely agree with you Aurora. There is much tasteful nudity, that is not porn.

[Aurora Moon]

It just seems like there's idiots on both sides of this coin with that whole confusion over the nudity art vs porn thing.

on one side, you got your pundits who's completely convinced that all forms of nudity is sinful and shameful, thus being on the same level as porn.

then on the other side, you got idiots who think EVERYTHING is art... even the super-sexualized images out there like what you described. they try to justify it with saying there's some deeper meaning or some such thing.

I suppose this is why we can't have nice things, huh?

[DemonGoddess]

Probably so. Thing is, art is VERY subjective. What one person considers art, another may very well consider garbage.

[ApolloImperium]

AoA is art... At least that's what I tell myself