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TIME AND SPACE SACRED AND PROFANE It seems as though Einstein's theory of relativity can be applied to art as well as to physics. An object seen as sacred in one particular time and space might look like profanity in another, and vice versa. About a year ago at one of our Editorial Board meetings, this particular issue was generated by the sculptor Robert Cook's work depicting young nude children, which simply reproduced the beauty and movement of his daughter and son throughout their childhood. However, today the sculptures can also be mistaken for child pornography-again, a contrast over time and space. As this theme of profanity in art was further explored by the Board, the work of Maurizio Cattelan, particularly that of the three hanging children displayed in a square in Milan as public artwork, caught our attention as it had the greater part of the art world. We decided to pursue the subject with an article on Cattelan's work and one on the Rubell Family Collection in Florida. After reviewing the proposed articles, the majority of the Board felt that it was neither the time nor the place to include this or other work similar in content. There are other publications that search for the sensational that makes the news, and the provocation that makes the sales, in my point of view.

Giancarlo Biagi

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