Last but not least: "Three penises under fire".
The Leopold Museum in Vienna has sparked controversy with its promotional image for the upcoming exhibition «Naked Men.» The image shows three unclothed soccer players.
Now the subject has been censored: The cultural institution is pasting bars over the offending parts. After numerous protests, the decision to act was made voluntarily, a Leopold spokesman told the APA news agency. One did not want to hurt anybody and disturb neither children nor adults. However, it was actually only a matter of the artistic representation of three naked men, the spokesman continued, according to SDA. However, it is to be respected if some cannot bear to see a naked person.
While the museum does not want to "disturb either children or adults" with the subject, "Mr Big" continues to stand cheerfully in the courtyard of the Museumsquartier, a larger-than-life, walk-in sculpture that also lolls around in the courtyard in an Adam costume, according to the SDA. However, the sculpture has not yet caused a stir; it is rather used as a children's playground, according to the Leopold spokesman. The 250 posters, on the other hand, have received reactions ranging from "brainless" to "pathetic" to "pornographic. One lady is said to have even threatened to personally take up a paintbrush and paint over the genitals. Advertising posters not only attract more attention than statues, they also arouse more protest. Otherwise, the same lady would have long since threatened to paint German lederhosen on the children's playground penis, or to put on a little tartan skirt. (uma)
The now censored poster subject with the title "Vive la France" comes from the renowned French artist couple Pierre & Gilles. The two wanted to celebrate the multicultural society of France with their work, since the three naked people come from the black, the Arab and the white ethnic groups.
