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Giant sculpture proves 'too rude' for Louvre but not the edgier Pompidou

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Pedestrians walk in front of the art work by Dutch artist Joep Van Lieshout, "Domestikator"in front of The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris on October 18, 2017 CREDIT: ALAIN JOCARD/AFP


Agiant sculpture apparently showing a humanoid having sex with a four-legged creature has been deemed "too rude" for display at the Louvre museum. However, the risqué edifice has been adopted by Paris' edgier Pompidou Centre, which insists it is "spiritual" rather than "obscene".

Domestikator, the geometric rust-red work by Dutch sculptor Joep van Lieshout, appears to resemble a box-shaped human copulating with either a box-shaped animal or perhaps another person.
It is one of 70 sculptures erected around the French capital as part of the annual International Contemporary Art Fair or FIAC.

The work, a towering 12 metres (40 feet) tall, was initially due to be exhibited in the Tuileries garden that runs from the Louvre to the Place de la Concorde.

But the Louvre's president Jean-Luc Martinez got cold feet at the last minute.

In a letter to FIAC's organisers, he said that internet posts about the sculpture had created "an erroneous perception of this work that might be too rude for the traditional crowd in the Tuileries garden" - which welcome throngs of French and foreign tourists.

The work had a "brutal aspect", he added. “It risks being misunderstood by visitors" to the gardens, where a string of other art works are on display this week


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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/18/giant-copulation-sculpture-proves-rude-louvre-not-edgier-pompidou/


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Post by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:49 am

It's ugly.
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