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A little introduction to contemporary art

By ursahascutepaws

Don't sure that's enough for sole guide thing, but man... that's too hillarious to miss it.

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If someone of you was confused about that strange thing in the "ART MUSEUM" level, that's the answer. It's a reference to "Tree" art installation made in Paris in 2014.

Tree was a controversial 24-metre (79 ft) high inflatable sculpture by the artist Paul McCarthy that was briefly installed in the Place Vendôme in Paris in October 2014 as part of exhibition

Although officially described as a Christmas tree, it was widely criticised for its similarity in appearance to a huge green butt plug. McCarthy admitted that it was deliberately shaped as such as a joke.

The controversy over the sculpture led to McCarthy being assaulted and the sculpture being vandalised only two days after its installation; a vandal climbed the fencing around it and cut the power supply which kept it inflated, in addition to cutting the cords holding it up. McCarthy stated that he did not want the work repaired or replaced.

The attention given to the sculpture brought a boom in sales of real butt plugs in Paris: a sex shop owner reported that he usually sold 50 per month predominantly to gay men, but in November 2014 sold over 1,000 roughly divided equally between heterosexual men and women

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earth_charlie 19 May, 2023 @ 9:42am

hentai anyone?...

Zephyr 5 May, 2021 @ 5:29pm

There is more to that whole story. The mayor of Paris at the time(at least first months of 2014) was notoriously gay, and due to that, the sculpture was even more hilarious to people. A lot of humorists of the time mocked it and the relation with the mayor, pretty much along the line of "It's fine to be proud of it, but that may be a bit too much". The reason WHY the sculpture was attacked though, may surprise people. It wasn't out of being shocked by it. It was more because it was found quite ugly especially when put in a place as prestigious as the Place Vendôme(where a LOT of luxury shops are situated), full of historic buildings.

Many years later, we would have the giant Rubber Ducky traveling accross the world, which show us BS modern art, out of being nice looking, is at least consistent.