영국 아티스트의 프랑스 왕비에 대한 모독? British artist's statue of 'a queen's sex organs' put on display in the Versailles..(VIDEO)
British artist's statue of 'a queen's sex organs' put on display in the Versailles Palace gardens sparks anger in France
Artist Anish Kapoor's enormous statue is set to open to the public next week in the opulent grounds of the Palace of Versailles
Anish Kapoor's work sits across from the stunning 17th century palace once home to the last French king, Louis XVI
The British artist said that his giant, 60-metre long rusty metal funnel represents 'a queen's vagina' taking power
He is thought to be referring to former Place of Versailles resident and the wife of Louis XVI - Marie Antoinette
But locals in France complained the structure was inappropriate for the family attraction and called for a boycott
영국 아티스트 아니쉬 카푸어
그는 다음 주에 베르사이유 광장에 그의 거대한 동상 작품을 대중에 공개한다.
녹슨 금속의 깔때기 모양의 60m 높이의 이 동상의 제목은 'a queen's vagina'
한국에서는 차마 해석해 공개하기 어려운 부분이다.
그는 프랑스의 루이 16세의 부인인 마리 앙트와네트를 생각하며 작업을 했다고 한다.
그렇지만 아니쉬 카푸어는 중대한 국면에 처했다.
예술의 나라 프랑스에서 조차 자국 왕비에 대한 모독이라는 불만이 끝임없이 제기
되고 대중 공개를 보이코트해야 한다는 의견들로 분분하다.
by Ki Chul Hwang
Conpaper Editor Distributor @conpaper
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By HANNAH PARRY FOR MAILONLINE
A giant sculpture of 'a queen's private parts' has sparked fury as it goes on display in the famous gardens of Versailles Palace.
Following on from the controversy of Paul McCarthy's 'butt-plug' sculpture in Paris, which was vandalised last year, comes artist Anish Kapoor's Dirty Corner monument.
The 60-metre long rusty metal funnel, surrounded by rocks, sits across from the stunning 17th century palace which was once home to the last French king, Louis XVI.
British contemporary sculptor Kapoor claims the impressive structure represents 'a queen's vagina' taking power.
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The giant monument set across from the stunning 17th century palace which was once home to the last French king, Louis XVI
Dirty Corner (Le Vagin de la Reine in French) is 60-metre long rusty metal funnel surrounded by broken rocks in front of the palace
It is thought that he is referring to Marie Antoinette - the wife of Louis XVI famed for telling starving peasants in France 'Let them eat cake.'
Kapoor admits his work is provocative and praised the head of the Palace of Versailles as being 'brave and generous' to display his work.
Many complained that the adult sculpture has been located so close to the opulent Palace of Versailles - a UNESCO's World Heritage site and one of the largest and most opulent castles in the world
It is set to officially open to the public next week but shocked locals have criticised the structure saying it is not suitable for families
With 15 million visitors a year, many of which are families with young children, bloggers have protested that it clashes with the attraction's family values and have called for as boycott.
François de Mazières, Versailles's mayor and MP of Nicolas Sarkozy's rightwing Républicains party, tweeted that he thought Kapoor had 'slipped up' over statue.
But others disagree and have hailed the artist as a 'genius provocateur'.
Whether love it or loathe it, locals have been discussing the artwork which is sure to get big crowds when it does open on Tuesday.
Kapoor's last giant sculpture, Monumenta unveiled at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011,was seen by almost 300,000.
British-Indian contemporary artist Anish Kapoor claimed his Dirty Corner monument represented 'a queen's vagina' taking power
'Shooting into the Corner', is a 2008-2009 mixed media monumental artwork on display in the palace's Jeu de Paume Room
The work features a cannon firing 5kg 'balls' of red wax against a wall which is supposed to resemble blood and guts
'Sky Mirror', a stainless steel monumental artwork by Kapoor, designed in 2006, is less controversial than some of his other works
The British contemporary artist poses in front of another of his works - 'C-Curve' - a 2007 stainless steel monumental artwork displayed in the gardens of the Chateau de Versaille
'C-Curve' is displayed in the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles as part of 'Kapoor Versailles' - a series of six exhibitions by the artist
He is the latest in a line of high-profile modern artists invited to install new works at the Château de Versailles.
Dirty Corner is part of a series of six installations at the Palace which also include a cannon firing 5kg 'balls' of red wax against a wall named Shooting Into the Corner.
The artwork, which is meant to resemble blood and guts, has not escaped controversy after the artist admitted it was an 'obvious phallic symbol,' reported Le Journal du Dimanche.
He claimed the contemporary artwork - the first to be shown in the palace's Jeu de Paume Room - was meant to question the 'violence in our contemporary society'.
The room was the location of a turning point in history when French nobility rejected royal rule and vowed to create a constitution.
An exhibition of Kapoor's work is on display from June 9 until November 1, 2015.
A giant red box based in the grounds of the palace is another one of the controversial pieces of art by Kapoor
The monument is named 'Sectional Body preparing for Monadic Singularity' and is on display from June 9 until November
'Descension', a 2014 water artwork by the British contemporary artist is displayed in the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles
Kapoor is the latest in a line of high-profile modern artists invited to install new works at the Château de Versailles
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