Picture Of Naked Man Creates Stir On Lower East Side

New York City is typically known as the cultural center of the United States, but apparently even New Yorkers have their limits and those limits are just this side of a bare penis. 

According to ArtNet (link below), Rivington Design House is in hot water for prominently displaying that picture of the Art Garfunkel looking gentleman in the front window of their gallery. Countdown to "won't someone think of the children" in 3... 2... 

Despite the fact that the image is not sexual or vulgar in any way, neighbors accused the gallerists of being unaware of or indifferent to the fact that many children pass by the Kenmare Street storefront every day.

I've got news, you know what kids would do if confronted with that. Point and laugh, because that's what kids do when they see a dick. 

The nude photo is the work of artist Bek Andersen, and is part of a show entitled “Clothed Female/Naked Male,” which seeks to shift the paradigm of nudity in art. “There is nothing pornographic or offensive happening in that photo,” Andersen told Gothamist. “It’s a portrait of a man. He is naked, but doing nothing indecent. We see naked women all the time in photos where they are highly sexualized and people don’t notice because they are desensitized.”

Despite protests from "concerned parents" and dick haters, the photo has not been removed from the window, and is intended to be on display until August 15. 

Via ArtNet