2012年5月12日星期六

Chicago Monroe statue demolished by controversy due to the under-skirt can shelter

Rainy day, Monroe skirt to add new features.
Chicago's famous Marilyn Monroe statue.
These days, the citizens of Chicago in the United States was taken aback, because they see the controversial statue stands in the square that respect "Forever Marilyn" cut down the middle, "Monroe" body leg separation. Chicago public into believing that they will say goodbye to the "Marilyn", but the reporter learned yesterday, the highly controversial "Forever Marilyn" will be relocated to California to settle before the end of May, re-installed, and display that to the June next year.
"Forever Marilyn" controversy move
The statue called "Forever Marilyn" sculpture by sculptor Seward creative design, sculpture eight meters high and weighing about 18 tons, made of copper and stainless steel, exhibited in Chicago in July 2011. Its design inspiration
Monroe, although the United States, "Marilyn" never a subject to dispute. Under the classic images from the plane to three-dimensional, it can be easily walked into the Monroe skirt, the list of "spring" in the skirts.
Some people think that the sculpture posture gender discrimination, some people laughed at Monroe's skirt like a huge umbrella, to provide shelter in the best places.
Even travel site will go directly to "the world's worst public art. The site questioned such a windblown skirt sculpture just to attract passers-by to pay attention to the spring under the skirt. Is highly controversial, the sculpture was vandalized several times, times of Marilyn Monroe legs even to be doused with red paint.
Chicago cultural historian Tim, "Forever Marilyn" to achieve its proper value, "though there are many of the views of the sculpture, but the sculpture every day to attract passers-by to stop and wait, even late at night, she are not alone even if someone in Monroe legs graffiti in order to vent their anger, and this is her public acceptance of an alternative form.
Removal process in a few days ago, the removal of sculpture "cut down the middle," Monroe's arm and gently press and hold the skirt of his hands was "ruthless separation. Lifting machine ropes Monroe Yu Jing, tightly wrapped, with the increase in lifting machines, upper body sculpture suspended in midair, while the lower body and flowing skirt still remain in place, looks a little strange. The people crowd around or use the camera to record this dismantle moment, or hand Wuzui, quietly looking at the removal process.
The establishment of the Public Art Committee as priority
Scale public sculpture has been discussed very hot. In March, this attention to place the matter of five nude sculpture on the roof of the Himalayan Hotel in Pudong, because the matter of "naked" posture is also very passion, and therefore caused a controversy surrounding residents, it also raised the roof of whether the operator not a public space "to discuss.
This reporter has learned that, at present, five statue has been the hotel Chequ "fig leaf", the official show in the world. "Forever Marilyn" The reason why controversy, but also with the large scale of this statue.
Senior art critic Tang Zheming told this reporter that, to solve the controversial public art, the need for the presence of third-party Public Art Committee. Many European and American developed countries now have public art committee, they will decide whether the sculpture should be in public areas, therefore, "Forever Marilyn" by the public controversy, but does not affect its standing in the plaza. "In fact, Monroe this sculpture, and there is no problem, mainly the public whether to accept completely."
Tangzhe Ming said in Europe, especially Britain, there is a "public art" concept, "is to all public areas on the scope of public discussion within a region, the public together determine the various facilities, construction, etc., to achieve social recognition. "
The existence of third party committee, the coordinating role, the Commission is an independent, you can strengthen the communication between art and ordinary people, art and life to get through this coordination is urgently needed. "China is still a lack of This independent commission.


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