I'm not narrow minded, nor easily shocked.
Last night was culture night here in Stockholm and a lot of the museums were free for a few hours. Got my money's worth. Went to the National Museum jsut cos it was there. And was so thrilled at the galleries. Saw 3 Renoir, 2 Breughel, a Van Gogh and even a new Claude Monet - superb.
But.
There was an exhibition called Lust and Last.. it was all about the effects of eroticism on the everyday female place in the world.
Now this is Sweden, and they have a reputation for being open minded, sexually open minded.Well! There were pictures of naked women everywhere, and because the museum was free it was packed.. mostly with women... a whole section of prostitution.. but three particular exhibits got to me.. so embarassed. One was a montage, a headless business man sitting at a desk surrounded by clutter with a dozen naked female torsos suspended above him.. with exaggerated and hairy private parts.. I didnt know where to look.. well, I knew where to look--- just couldn't...
the second one was a film (presumably on a loop or she would have got very tired and sore) of a woman lying down in a forest glade, completely naked and well... it begins with m and its a word I can't say...
the third was a picture of a woman bending over backwards and dressed in bondage and looking into a mirror.. here we were asked who was watching who - trust me, I wasnt watching. I did not spend long at this exhibition, it was just too much for me.
Are the Swedish obsessed with sex? No. But they are not afraid of it either.
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