Yeah, I know shes disabled and we have to be nice,but doesnt the statue belong in some unknown backwater modern art gallery for the pseudo intellectual?
I mean this is trafalgar square ..london..next to nelson..one of the worlds most famous and visited landmarks..do we really want to be laughed at by the normal non pc nations?
2006-11-12 04:18:16 · 11 answers · asked by ? 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
I totally agree with you. I think its abnoxious. Trafalgar Saquare with Nelsons column and the lions was such an elegant place before this statue was put there. We were so proud of Trafalgar Square all these years and now they have put this awful thing there and spoilt the look of the place.
2006-11-12 04:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
So is your problem that it's a statue of a disabled person or that it's a nude or that it's not some historical figure?
If it's the first one- join the 21st century - societys problem is accepting disabled people for WHO they are rather than WHAT they are
If it's the 2nd one - what a prude!
If it's the 3rd one - that's a more acceptable reason for being against the statue, but not very forward thinking. Should England still be in the past and not show the world that we are moving forward by having different sculptures in Trafalagar Square?
2006-11-12 04:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by Janice E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a great sculpture / Statue call it what you like. It's been well made adn looks good.
Trafalgar square is NOT the right place for it in my opinion, I agree that trafalgar square should be a celebration of out military history.... but sadly it now seems we are supposed to feel ashamed by our victories.
I suggest that this statue would look nice in any of the London parks.
2006-11-12 04:30:43 · answer #3 · answered by mittobridges@btinternet.com 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Actually, putting a piece of contemporary sculpture in Trafalgar Square neither humiliates nor makes a laughing stock of Britain. Personally, I didn't particularly like the sculpture from an art point of view, but it's presence actually makes Britain look LESS staid, conservative and reactionary. Far from making Britain a laughing stock, it actually elevates it in the eyes of people who appreciate contemporary art and in the eyes of people who think Britain is too straight-laced and self-involved.
2016-05-22 07:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have to say I loved it - she has a fantastic website and examples of her art and photography. If nothing else, it challenges people's views about disability. After all, Nelson was disabled too !!
2006-11-12 04:32:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would people laugh?!?!?
Why take things so serious, it won't be there as long as Nelsons Column,
It really is not a big deal, modern and old should be intergrated
2006-11-12 04:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by xXx Orange Breezer xXx 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get a life
2006-11-12 04:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by Barry G 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I thought that Trafalgar Square was for Military statues and remembrance? Oh that was till KEN LIVINGSTONE thought differently
2006-11-12 04:21:05 · answer #8 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Usual right-wing kneejerk stuff that proliferates here.
Bloody little englanders.
2006-11-12 04:29:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
thats nothing you should see my bedroom
2006-11-12 04:21:37 · answer #10 · answered by del 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋