CynthiaGrow_covered up her self-portrait"Recordingthe lnvisible"exhibit displayedin a attachedto the lob.byat WestVill-age g,onn.e;tor.hallw,ay after a singlecomphiht llalmlng that the artwork edgedtoo far toward pornography. lagesubstation referredquestions to Capt.R.C.Evans,whocouldnot be reachedfor commentor to obtaina copyof thecomplaint Theidentityof thecomplainant andhasdisplayedher workinNew remainsa mysteryto the targets York and Philadelphi4initially of hisire. tookdownall ninepaintings.But "We take pride in personally thenshedecidedto displaythem knowingall of our residents and coveredin brownpaperfrom the poneof us recognized him,"Fershouldersdown. Each is now gusonsaid. ship that statesnude paintings don'tconstituteobscene material, whichit sayslacksserioussocial, politicalor artisticvalue. "It waskind of a play on [the policel sayingwe could display themif theobscene partsarecoveredup,"Growsaidof thenewdis play.She'sconsideringmodifying the ,presentationto removethe brown paper and cover the "offending"partsof thepainting, andmaybetheeyes,with extracts from obscenitycaselaw. "At this point it's an ongoing project" shesaid."It's my artistic statement." Growsaidher intent wasn'tto shock.Shesaidherworkquestions the objectificationof womenby trying to blur the line between subjectandobjectandaddednothing shedoesis cuttingedge. Ferguponagreed."I've seen work moreprovocativethanthis andpeoplehaveneveqeverhada problem,"shesaid. West Village resident Casey Klofstadsaidtheedribitiondidn't offend him and first caughthis attentionasmuchbecauseit was newasfor thecontent. 'My first thoughtwas,'Oh, they changed it,'" hesaid."It's noticeabl6.But

Althoughartistandcuratoralike saidtheyrespecttheman'srightto complain, theydoappearto resent hisdecision to goto thepolice. "I wouldhavelovedto sit down andhavea conversation insteadof him goingto thepolicg"Ferguson said. In any case,she has no regretsabouttheexhibition. "Art'sart " sheshrugged.