The following documents are available for use on condition of attribution:
- Common Beliefs about Sexual Imagery, and Questions to Open Dialogue
- Tips to Museum Educators on Responding to Viewers of Sexual Imagery
- Suggestions to Museum Curators and Educators Working with Sexual Imagery
- "Freezing The Perfect Moment"
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"Freezing The perfect Moment" by Kirstie Lang, 1995.
Master's Thesis describing:
- The path of the Robert Mapplethorpe 1989-1990 retrospective The Perfect Moment
- The decision of the Corcoran Museum to cancel the show; the arrest of the Cincinnati Art Center and director Dennis Barrie for exhibiting the show; the trial by jury
- A range of attitudes about the artist's sexual imagery, voiced in citizen letters, artist columns, critics' articles and trial witnesses
- Belief systems about art, expertise, pornography, morality, diversity, arts funding, sexual violence, censorship, sadomasochism, free speech and public space
- Ways to prepare the public, directors, curators and educators for a successful exhibition of sexual imagery.