Controversial Public Art
Jul. 26th, 2009 10:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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.
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.