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i also attended the marilyn monroe exhibit while it was in dayton. the exhibit showcased the pop art of andy warhol, her playboy photos, allen jones, peter blake, richard avedon and bert stern. the photos were gorgeous. she was so photogenic. the only disappointing factor, was that a good portion of the people viewing the show did not understand art. they avoided the wall of playboy photos like they were the plague. the photos were gorgeous with her lying amid beautiful bright red velvet. they also stated very openly their distaste for showing marliyn in anything but a beautiful happy light. the couldn’t even grasp the fine art pieces that combined life and death. or showed the darker side of marilyn and heaven forbid the nude side. they didn’t seem to understand the fact, that art isn’t always just pretty and happy and beautiful. it can also express pain, suffering, anger, ugliness. it can be an expression of the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. and they clearly didn’t understand hwo the human body can be beautiful. i guess that’s the conservative midwest for ya.