Sunday, April 29, 2007

Apparently, pedophilia and incestuous connotations are more acceptable than homosexuality


So this piece is ridiculous. Some rich guy in Seattle died and in his will set aside money to commission a sculpture, his requirement being that it have 2 naked men. It's not like naked men have never been sculpted before, I mean Michelangelo's David is one of the most famous sculptures in the world. But 2 naked men apparently made whoever was in charge of this uncomfortable. So instead of 2 adult men, someone had the fabulous idea of a naked father and son. They are both standing, facing each other, with their arms reaching out to one another. This is just such a disturbing image! It's also a fountain, and that part is interesting, the water level changes so sometimes you can see the son, sometimes the father, but they could have used that same technique with a better subject matter. It's not like they had to do something like The Rape of the Sabine Women, I'm sure some artist could have created a piece that would be appropriate for a public sculpture park and not include a naked parent and child. Anyway, this disappoints me.

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