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To: Land Shark who wrote (79756)	5/11/2007 9:41:45 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Art critic Sen. Barack Obama, already scrutinized for a gaffe in Richmond this week, is now being labeled a censor of fine art. The Illinois Democrat held a Tuesday fundraiser at the Plant Zero Art Center in Virginia's capital. At the request of the presidential candidate's campaign, the art gallery covered up an oil reproduction of the infamous photo showing pop star Britney Spears getting out of a car sans underwear. The painting has a $5,000 price tag. Plant Zero also took down a painting of a woman in a "Kill Lincoln" T-shirt — meant to pay homage to the 1980s movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," but potentially misconstrued as a message about the 16th president. Times-Dispatch reporter Tyler Whitley wrote that an Obama advance staffer asked the gallery to remove or conceal the two art pieces. The staffer threatened to hold the event elsewhere if the demand was not met. The artist, Jamie Boling, told Mr. Whitley that at first he was offended but relented when he realized the art could have been used against the campaign. "I wish we could have had a good dialogue about freedom of speech," Mr. Boling told the Times-Dispatch,