April 14, 2005 Exhibitionist In this town, flesh isn't hard to come by. There's the prospering porn industry, the Playboy Mansion, and Jumbo's Clown Room. Sex is so pervasive, perhaps you think you've seen everything. Test your theory tonight when a new exhibit opens at the Erotic Museum in Hollywood. The artist is Andres Serrano; the show "The History of Sex." Don't expect to see Victorian era garter belts here, (though you can still find them elsewhere in the museum) this history has little to do with the past. "History" is a collection of Serrano photographs, each a bald depiction of sex on the fringe. While the physical acts portrayed are often highly charged (and pretty creative, too), they're situated in otherwise peaceful environs. A meadow. A field. Sometimes it's the act that's compelling, sometimes the subjects: An elderly man paired with a nubile young woman, a little person paired with an overly endowed full-grown man. Highly eroticized bodies and poses, but expressions as detached as a Calvin Klein model's. Serrano spurred controversy with "Piss Christ" a work for which he, along with Robert Mapplethorpe, was denounced on the floor of the U.S. Senate in the 1980's. It will be interesting to see with this exhibit whether times have changed. Catch the opening reception tonight at 7pm or see the exhibit through August 1st at: The Erotic Museum 6741 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, CA 90028. Tel: 323.463.7684