Parisians Destroy Artwork That Looks Like Sex Toy

[icyfroth]

Non, non, non! Parisian vandals destroy 24ft art sculpture that resembled a 'giant sex toy' after claims it 'humiliated' the city (and if you're wondering, it's supposed to be a tree) 

Vandals today destroyed an art sculpture in central Paris ‘because it looked like a giant sex toy’.

Looming above the city's Place Vendome, the 24ft tall piece, created by American artist Paul McCarthy, was meant to look like a green inflatable Christmas tree.

But the artwork, simple entitled 'Tree', raised eyebrows in the French capital because of its uncanny resemblance to a certain type of sex toy.

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Sounds like something Clover Moore would approve of...

[bluecat*dancing]

Oh, for heaven's sake, why aren't we allowed to use anatomically correct names?

[karliandjacko]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

It's for a contemporary Art Fair so a bit of contemporary art is to be expected.  

I saw pics recently of a giant wooden peg scultpure in a park and now I want one in our park  :D.

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That's fabulous. 

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There is one in Philadelphia too.   😄

[karliandjacko]

http://freshome.com/2010/10/19/cool-giant-wooden-clip-promoting-urban-art-in-belgium/

Actually, I agree with that blogger's opinion about public art. The peg perfectly suits it's woodland park surrounds as it celebrates a simple wooden gadgets and provides whimsical fun for it's patrons.

[icyfroth]

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

It's for a contemporary Art Fair so a bit of contemporary art is to be expected.  

I saw pics recently of a giant wooden peg scultpure in a park and now I want one in our park  :D.

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That's fabulous. 

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There is one in Philadelphia too.   😄

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Can we get back on topic to the parisian inflateable monstrosity that was brought down by parisians objecting to it being called a work of art.

If anybody would know art from carp, it would be Parisians,surely. The rest can be excused from thinking sculptures of pegs to be "fabulous", I suppose....

[karliandjacko]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

It's for a contemporary Art Fair so a bit of contemporary art is to be expected.  

I saw pics recently of a giant wooden peg scultpure in a park and now I want one in our park  :D.

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That's fabulous. 

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There is one in Philadelphia too.   😄

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Can we get back on topic to the parisian inflateable monstrosity that was brought down by parisians objecting to it being called a work of art.

If anybody would know art from carp, it would be Parisians,surely. The rest can be excused from thinking sculptures of pegs to be "fabulous", I suppose....

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It was a rather large bit of public art for the contemporary art fair and some easily offended people played spoil sport and cut it down. 

I dunno, are sex toys usually green and inflatable?  

A kid would see tree from a book, christmas card or game.

[iapetus_rocks]

Though I wouldn't go so far as to tear it down, I also think that there is not much artistic merit in a giant inflatable christmas-tree-ish sort of thing.

The only saving grace I think it has, is to enliven the discussion about Art and what it is.

I seem to recall that discussions about "what is Art" are despised in artistic circles. I don't know what Art is; but I know when I see a piece of pretentious rubbish masquerading as such.

It's the hot-blooded Gallic, Parisian response maybe. I wouldn't try to destroy it, but I can understand why some other people would.

[the_great_she_elephant]

It looks like a finial off a curtain rod.

[icyfroth]

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

It's for a contemporary Art Fair so a bit of contemporary art is to be expected.  

I saw pics recently of a giant wooden peg scultpure in a park and now I want one in our park  :D.

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That's fabulous. 

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There is one in Philadelphia too.   😄

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Can we get back on topic to the parisian inflateable monstrosity that was brought down by parisians objecting to it being called a work of art.

If anybody would know art from carp, it would be Parisians,surely. The rest can be excused from thinking sculptures of pegs to be "fabulous", I suppose....

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It was a rather large bit of public art for the contemporary art fair and some easily offended people played spoil sport and cut it down. 

I dunno, are sex toys usually green and inflatable?  

A kid would see tree from a book, christmas card or game.

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You think this looks like a tree?

Parisians were right to cut it down. It looks like it belongs in a fairground, not it the grounds of the Louvre posing as art.

[karliandjacko]

It's not like it was going to be standing in isolation, since it was commissioned for the contemporary art fair.  Destroying it fits the description of vandalism.

[cherry*135]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Parisians obviously didn't appreciate it.

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A few vandals that live in Paris didn't appreciate it.