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October 16, 2014
French Conservatives Struggle With Giant Inflatable Butt-Plug
Source: Huffingtonpost.com. - Huffingtonpost.com - USA
FRANCE - PARIS - Paris. Anyone who's been there knows that the locals can be a little uptight. Now, there's a reason that people can point to... and photograph, and complain about to the media.
French ultra-conservatives are pretty upset that there's a giant butt-plug in the middle of
Place Vendome, says Gawker.
The artist behind the 78-foot inflatable foreign object, Paul McCarthy, calls it a tree. In fact, "Tree" is the piece's official name. The artist is also
famous for inflatable piles of poo, and a sculpture of
Santa Claus holding a dildo.
Although it's clearly evident that "Tree" depicts a sex toy, most folks don't seem to care all that much (it's art, people).
However, French Spring, a political far-right group that opposes gay marriage,
calls "Tree" a sex toy and therefore a disgrace, to the historic plaza.
Unfortunately, they're not the only ones who took umbrage with the ambiguously sexual sculpture. On Thursday, the artist was attacked by an unknown assailant while installing "Tree."
The director of FIAC, the Contemporary Art Fair, which is hosting the sculpture, says the attack was regrettable and not representative of France as a whole, but that
her office has received complaints , that McCarthy was corrupting and misusing the “sacred symbol” of the Christmas tree, according to ArtNet.
Like it or not, the inflatable sculpture, which was installed as part of the Contemporary Art Fair, will be gone in mid-November.
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