Shields lost a 1981 court battle to purchase back the negatives, with a judge ruling the agreement between Cross and her mother was binding. Cross's photograph was taken after he hired Shields to be a model, allegedly with her mother's permission.
In it, a nude ten-year-old Brooke Shields, heavily made-up, stands in a bath staring at the camera. Price's 1983 image is actually a picture of an image taken in 1975 by artist Gary Cross. 'Putting a sign on the door like that means every pedophile in the land will head straight to that room,' said Michele Elliott, founder of a children's charity called Kidscape, who has joined a chorus of voices calling for the exhibit's removal. The inclusion of Richard Price's 1983 work 'Spiritual America' in the internationally-renowned London museum's exhibit 'Pop Life, Art In A Material World,' opening Thursday, has sparked the ire of both children's advocates and religious groups, London's Daily Mail reports. An exhibition at the Tate Modern will feature a photograph of a nude ten-year-old Brooke Shields alongside sexually explicit pop art - a decision akin to rolling out a welcome mat for perverts, outraged critics charge.
