Editing Cunt (section)

===Art===
{{See also|Vagina and vulva in art}}
The word is occasionally used in the titles of works of art, such as Peter Renosa's portrait of the pop singer [[Madonna]], ''I am the Cunt of Western Civilization'', from a 1990 quote by the singer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgemedianetwork.com/health_fitness/hiv_aids/features//150456/controversial_madonna_painting_opens_magnet_hiv_clinic_ar.t_show |title=Controversial Madonna Painting Opens Magnet HIV Clinic Art Show |last1=McCroy |first1=Winnie |date=10 October 2013 |website=www.edgemedianetwork.com |publisher=Edge Media Network |access-date=19 October 2015 |archive-date=25 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125054524/http://www.edgemedianetwork.com/health_fitness/hiv_aids/features//150456/controversial_madonna_painting_opens_magnet_hiv_clinic_ar.t_show |url-status=dead }}</ref> One of the first works of [[Gilbert & George]] was a self-portrait in 1969<ref>{{cite web |title=George the Cunt and Gilbert the Shit |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/88827/george-cunt-and-gilbert-shit |website=National Galleries of Scotland |language=en}}</ref> entitled "Gilbert the Shit and George the Cunt".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jeffries |first1=Stuart |title=Gilbert and George: the odd couple {{!}} Stuart Jeffries |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/jun/24/gilbert-george-white-cube |access-date=16 July 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=24 June 2009 |language=en}}</ref> The London performance art group the [[Neo Naturists]] had a song and an act called "Cunt Power", a name which potter [[Grayson Perry]] borrowed for one of his early works: "An unglazed piece of modest dimensions, made from terracotta like clay – labia carefully formed with once wet material, about its midriff".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dedman |first1=Alan |title=Alan Dedman has a candid look at Grayson Perry |url=http://alan-dedman-artist.co.uk/wordpress/alan-dedman-looks-at-grayson-perry/ |website=alan-dedman-artist.co.uk |access-date=23 February 2021 |date=22 December 2017}}</ref> Australian artist Greg Taylor's display of scores of white porcelain vulvas, "CUNTS and other conversations" (2009), was deemed controversial for both its title and content, with [[Australia Post]] warning the artist that the publicity postcards were illegal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harrington |first1=Erin Jean |title=Women, monstrosity and horror film: gynaehorror |date=2018 |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315546568 }}</ref>