Statue not pawn

[Dixy]

As a 6 year old being taken around the Louvre I asked why are they all bare.
I ask the same question 53 years latter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54886...

[Sophisticated Sarah]

Does seem a bit more of the artist screaming “look at me!” rather than creating a memorial to Mary Wollstonecraft.

[Derek Smith]

Dixy said:

As a 6 year old being taken around the Louvre I asked why are they all bare.
I ask the same question 53 years latter.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54886...

All statues do not depict women naked. If you read the comments of the artist, you'll see there's a reason behind it. You might not agree with the reasons she gives, but then, she's the artist.

Perhaps the artists feels it's the best way to depict female emancipation.

There is a history of naked in statues, at least those not depicting a specific person in order to replicate them.

Look upon it as a vindication of the rights of women, rather than a statue of a specific person.

[SCEtoAUX]

[FourWheelDrift]

If it's in front of that tree it's very small for a statue. Easy target for being swiped by lovable types to be melted down for scrap.

[heliboy]

These statues are of real life porn stars

[Sophisticated Sarah]

FourWheelDrift said:

If it's in front of that tree it's very small for a statue. Easy target for being swiped by lovable types to be melted down for scrap.

For once, I’m supporting the lovable rogues

[Mojooo]

heliboy said:

These statues are of real life porn stars

I think theres been a cockup there

[amusingduck]

Mojooo said:

heliboy said:

These statues are of real life porn stars

I think theres been a cockup there

Doubt it, that's Buck Angel on the left!

[JagLover]

Sophisticated Sarah said:

Does seem a bit more of the artist screaming “look at me!” rather than creating a memorial to Mary Wollstonecraft.

Yes

I have no issue with nakedness in art, the human body is nothing to be ashamed of. But any statues of her male contemporaries are likely to be fully clothed so it seems strange to have her statue be naked.

I think as well you have to ask how the subject would prefer to be portrayed in a statue celebrating them.

[Derek Smith]

JagLover said:

Yes

I have no issue with nakedness in art, the human body is nothing to be ashamed of. But any statues of her male contemporaries are likely to be fully clothed so it seems strange to have her statue be naked.

I think as well you have to ask how the subject would prefer to be portrayed in a statue celebrating them.

There is no 'subject'. It's made clear in the article.

[Randy Winkman]

There was TV documentary about the artist Maggi Hambling the other day:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000nx23/mag...

Even as a PC-gone-mad art fan I'd say that her main schtick seems to be how contrary she can be and how much she can wind people up.

[rover 623gsi]

the other short-listed design seems much more appropriate to me

http://islingtontribune.com/article/visions-of-mar...

[Uncle John]

amusingduck said:

Mojooo said:

heliboy said:

These statues are of real life porn stars

I think theres been a cockup there

Doubt it, that's Buck Angel on the left!

Angel Buck on the right?

[Riley Blue]

rover 623gsi said:

the other short-listed design seems much more appropriate to me

http://islingtontribune.com/article/visions-of-mar...

How unimaginative; you'd walk past it without a second glance. I doubt people would be discussing it and the reason for it being there in the way that Maggi Hambling's sculpture does.

[FourWheelDrift]

That Maggi statue of the Silver Surfer will be talked about for years.

[Randy Winkman]

FourWheelDrift said:

That Maggi statue of the Silver Surfer will be talked about for years.

So will Donald Trump. It's what people are saying that counts.

[Derek Smith]

rover 623gsi said:

the other short-listed design seems much more appropriate to me

http://islingtontribune.com/article/visions-of-mar...

Appropriate? It's just the same old. It would have been unveiled and forgotten about. It's uninspired.

If it's art, it should be talked about. If it's just a statue then meh.

[anonymous-user]

Sophisticated Sarah said:

Does seem a bit more of the artist screaming “look at me!” rather than creating a memorial to Mary Wollstonecraft.

I am far from being a prude but that statue seems disrespectful to a lady from the 18thC when virtue and reputation were important to people. If she could see it I doubt she would feel at all honoured by it. I'm sure something better could have been done.

Statues honouring the likes of Churchill, Pitt, Gladstone etc aren't naked, why should it be different for a statue honouring a woman, especially one who suffered misogyny at the time.

[Murph7355]

MikeStroud said:

Sophisticated Sarah said:

Does seem a bit more of the artist screaming “look at me!” rather than creating a memorial to Mary Wollstonecraft.

I am far from being a prude but that statue seems disrespectful to a lady from the 18thC when virtue and reputation were important to people. If she could see it I doubt she would feel at all honoured by it. I'm sure something better could have been done.

Statues honouring the likes of Churchill, Pitt, Gladstone etc aren't naked, why should it be different for a statue honouring a woman, especially one who suffered misogyny at the time.

It'll be torn down in a few decades so I wouldn't worry about it