That's Not What They Meant by Business Casual!

Again with the full frontal! A couple of weeks ago we told you about "Soliloquy VII," an eight -foot-tall color photo of a male nude, owned by Tony and Heather Podesta, that's become infamous in Democratic fundraising circles. Now comes word that two pieces at Bethesda's Osuna Art gallery were moved when neighbors saw more than they bargained for.

"The Washington Women Show," an exhibition of works by 32 local female artists, opened two weeks ago in the upscale gallery located in Artery Plaza. The Wisconsin Avenue office building also houses law firms, real estate companies and doctors' offices, and anyone walking through the lobby can see the art through the gallery's floor-to-ceiling windows.

Two works depicting naked men -- "Peter," a photograph by Bernis von Zur Muehlen, and "Big J," a painting by Manon Cleary -- caused a few raised eyebrows among those who think male genitalia (no matter how artfully depicted) aren't appropriate for the casual passerby. The tenants' concern was conveyed to gallery owner Ramon Osuna, who relocated the pieces to a less exposed portion of the shop.

Osuna said yesterday that the change is much ado about nothing and that the art is "very serious." (Aliza Olmert, wife of the Israeli prime minister and an artist herself, toured the show last week.) But Cleary, well known for her sensual imagery, said the whole thing gives her a back-to-the-'50s vibe. "It's just a nude!" she said. "In other countries they have nude statues outdoors -- why can't they have them sitting in galleries?"

Garth Brooks's Mementos, Now 'Treasures of American History'

Now there's a museum piece! Garth Brooks's first gold record, for his self-titled debut album way back in the pre-Jurassic era of 1989, featured not just a gold-painted disc on a plaque . . . but a gold-painted cassette tape.

The country star showed off the peculiar artifact yesterday as he donated it and several other career mementos to the Smithsonian -- a guitar he smashed onstage during a 1991 TV concert (put mostly back together), a concert costume (Western-style shirt, black Wranglers, black elephant-skin boots, a black Stetson), a yellow legal-pad sheet of handwritten lyrics. Also: a refrigerator-sized plaque for being the top-selling solo artist in history (maybe wife Trisha Yearwood told him to give it away -- where on Earth would you store that?).

Giving showbiz memorabilia to the keepers of Dorothy's ruby slippers and Archie Bunker's chair has become a celeb rite of passage ( Bruce Willis made the trip last summer with some "Die Hard" souvenirs), but Brooks seemed genuinely blown away to have hit Smithsonian status.

"To say that I'm flattered would not be enough," said 45-year-old semi-retired singer, who wore a blazer, jeans, boots and a huge black hat visible from the far side of the Air and Space Museum (where the "Treasures of American History" exhibit has a temporary home while the Museum of American History is under renovation).

"I always thought that when this happened you'd feel like Elvis , and I don't. . . . All I can think of while they're taking me around here is, 'What the hell am I doing in here?' "

This Just in . . .

Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly yesterday sued Baxter Healthcare, a manufacturer of the blood thinner heparin given to their newborn twins last month. The lawsuit claims the label and design contributed to the twins' massive overdose; Thomas and Zoe are now at home and "doing great," reports the Los Angeles Times.

One of Tippi Hedren's tigers attacked and injured a 40-year-old worker Monday at her California animal preserve, where the actress (of "The Birds" fame) lives with 65 lions, tigers and bobcats. The 450-pound Bengal tiger grabbed the keeper by the neck and dragged him around the cage; the man remains in intensive care.