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14-JUN-2012 Paul

Close your eyes Junior!

This sculpture is in the Overland Park Kansas Arboretum and is causing a huge stir with certain groups of people.
(Mothers are at the front of the list)
The sculpture called "Choice" was created and donated to the park by a Chinese artist by the name of Yu Chang. I'm sure there is a story here I just don't know what it is yet, I may have to keep going out day after day to study it further until I do figure out the story.

All I got to say is those mothers better never ever travel to Europe!

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Guest 17-Jun-2012 10:07
Yes, Certainly, but this seems openly erotic....even Hermaphrodite, a delightful marble in the Louvre, one side of the figure all curvy and female, the other all little boy male...is...less than this, sexual wise.

In the Vatican Museum, some male statures have flowers carved over erect members and you laugh when you look under to see what is there.

For Hugh Heffner's bed room yes...a public park in Kansas....No, needlessly provocative.

Actually, it boarders on being just bad as a sculpture also.

None of which goes to say that this isn't a wonderful capture...Really!

Traveller
Canon Image Challenge16-Jun-2012 20:35
You are very well traveled Mr. T and have had to seen this in numerous public places especially in Europe. Having been there Rome instantly come to my mind not to mention in Brussels Belgium they have a statue/water fountain of a nude boy taking a pee. Every now and then you find a fig leaf covering the hardware but most of the time the goods are open season for your viewing pleasures. Paul
Canon Image Challenge15-Jun-2012 10:47
One more time, as an art critic kind of guy....with a deep dislike and distrust of people where their tender sensibilities on their sleeve, this still is...objectionable. Not for the Challenge, but for the Park. Sorry...Traveller
Guest 15-Jun-2012 04:13
From Liberal me, it is...a little out there. Nice, good work in bronze(?) but....a little over the top also. (Still a great photograph!) Traveller
Canon Image Challenge14-Jun-2012 17:54
There are probably a few stories associated with this. One from the artist, and one from the critical conservatives are two that immediately come to mind.
Jim