Dog paintings labelled offensive

The artist behind a series of paintings about canine comfort is shocked her work is being classed as offensive. A dog's penis offensive?? This reminds me when a woman swam in the public swimming pool in Ottawa, Canada with her breast bare. She had her buttoms, but no top. Off she went to the police station, and was labelled "criminal" because it was a criminal act for women for go bare breasted, but ok for men. So she went to the Federal Courts of Canada.
At that time, women's breast were deemd offensive.

The exhibition, called A Dog's Breakfast has only been up for a few days, but it is already causing a stir in Whangarei, and there are calls for it to be pulled.

The exhibition is close to artist Joanna Ball's heart. Comprising 16 works in all, it is a homage to the family dog Bertie who comforted Ball's mother when she was dying of cancer.

But not everyone is loving her paintings. Two show Bertie's penis and that has left some upset. Well, what did she expect? It's New Zealand, and it's in a small community.
It is not art lovers who are troubled by the works, but patrons of the cafe next door. Customers have to walk through a passage, past some of the paintings on the wall, to get to the cafe, and some don't like what they see.
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