Controversial Public Art

[elfs]

Anatomically Correct

Okay, childish sniggering aside (see previous post), this statue is the one causing the most controversy in my home town. News crews have been out to film it (from the shoulders up), local tongues are wagging over it, local prudes are demanding it be removed saying, "If she were alive she'd be arrested!" and on and on and on.

My two cents: it's lovely. Nudity never harmed anyone. She looks like a woman in her mid to late 40's ought to look, pendulous breasts and anatomically correct crotch and all.

Apparently, she's "creepy." I suspect those who believe so have never seen a woman older and less photoshopped than Jannah Burnham. (p.s.: totally NSFW) And while I happen to like Jannah Burnham, I appreciate that most women are not going to look like they just walked out of a slightly pornographic fairy tale.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Geez, seriously? Refer them to these (http://worldmustbecrazy.blogspot.com/2009/02/worlds-naughtiest-statue.html).

Number 127

Mrs. Henderson Presents

[(Anonymous)]

Yes she's beautiful. Perhaps the outrage is partly directed to the question of what is she squatting for?

As far as art goes, I'm left to refer people to "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (2005), The Windmill Theater in London, and the admonition that as long as it's motionless it's art -- if it moves, it's rude!

--DB_Story

[gromm.livejournal.com]

Well, aside from the fact that she's naked, (which I'm totally down with, not just from a prurient point of view but from an artistic one) she kind of looks like she's ah, going to the bathroom, but without the benefit of a bathroom.