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I think its naff, and for that reason shouldn't be there,
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Fair enough.
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but not because its "offensive", although there are still taboos about it all.
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Taboos?!?!? If female nudity or public display of disability was a 'taboo' in this country, then we'd have no FHM and we'd still be putting disabled people into institutions.
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1. The artist thinks disabled people are underrepresented in art.
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And he's totally right. Unless, of course, you can point me to many more works of art depicting disabled people?
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2. Those stupid comments about "feminity" and female empowerment and/or superiority.
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No mention of 'superiority', but I believe the work
does promote femininity and hence empowers women.
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Its nothing that hasn't been done a million times before, except the artist has tried to make it get publicity/shock value and praise via that backdoor, which he shouldn't be earning.
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Show me just
ONE other piece of art (shocking or otherwise) that depicts a disabled person.
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If the author wants to know what a real decent work of art is, tell him to go look at Munch's "The Scream". Well, he could if some toerag hadn't nicked it. |
Highly overrated! (IMHO)
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they should get rid of nelson then, was he not blind in one eye and only had one arm
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LOL!
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in my opinion its disgusting to have any statue of a naked women in trafalgar square.
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That's just prudish.