[Beso]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Shame a lot of them have no idea how to use it

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Of course I don't mean the GENTS on Tibb.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Shame a lot of them have no idea how to use it

I’ve often said the bigger the ego, the smaller the willy! It’s called over-compensating!

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Don’t some men think having a willy makes them God-like!

Actually, the cock is the work by a female Swedish artist.
It is snappily titled "F u c k the World"

[Crimson Dynamo]

Just idiots trying to show off behind the guise of "art"

same old

same old

[Kizzy]

I don't see any giant vaginas... Come on isn't there enough patriarchy and inequality without giant penises everywhere? :/

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I don't see any giant vaginas... Come on isn't there enough patriarchy and inequality without giant penises everywhere? :/

Well, since you mention vaginas, there was this sculpture in France, likened to a vagina, but personally I didn't find it "explicit" so didn't add it to the thread.

In 2015, the artist Anish Kapoor’s Dirty Installation, a vast steel funnel amid broken stone on the lawns of the Château de Versailles – described as “the vagina of the queen” taking power – sparked rightwing complaints and was twice vandalised with antisemitic graffiti.

To me it just looks like a giant trumpet. Unless it's meant to be a vaginal canal, but then any tubular object could be likened to that.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

I don't see any giant vaginas... Come on isn't there enough patriarchy and inequality without giant penises everywhere? :/

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Does it provoke a rethink of taboos or simply provoke disgust?

Probably both. I don't have a problem with it though

[Maru]

The irony would be if it provoked erections

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Maru

The irony would be if it provoked erections

Life imitating art

[Twosugars]

More "vaginas". There's this in Rzeszow, Poland. It's a communist era 2 world war memorial. The locals call it affectionately Big C*unt.
It's not meant to be erotic, the labia shaped concrete is just unfortunate background to the memorial sculpture in the middle of it.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

More "vaginas". There's this in Rzeszow, Poland. It's a communist era 2 world war memorial. The locals call it affectionately Big C*unt.
It's not meant to be erotic, the labia shaped concrete is just unfortunate background to the memorial sculpture in the middle of it.

We have a national monument who is a massive **** too, except his actual title is 'Foreign Secretary'

[user104658]

I like the one in Belgium of the little guy pissing in a fountain or something. I mean, why not.

[user104658]

So like... A giant cock with a magnificent eagle perched on top, wings spread proudly, announcing "I am here! I am natural! Accept me!"

And flowers around the testicles, showing that a cock need not be aggressive, but may also be gentle, fluttering in a cool breeze...

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

So like... A giant cock with a magnificent eagle perched on top, wings spread proudly, announcing "I am here! I am natural! Accept me!"

And flowers around the testicles, showing that a cock need not be aggressive, but may also be gentle, fluttering in a cool breeze...

It's a penis, not the American flag

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Maru

It's a penis, not the American flag

Potayto potahto...

[Maru]

Besides "spread eagle" comes to mind with that interpretation... which yes, would indicate acceptance.

[Tom4784]

It's not something I'm bothered about. If it depicted explicit violence or other disturbing things then there'd be a problem but I don't have an issue with body or sexual imagery.

[waterhog]

art has to push barriers and provoke a reaction to keep it interesting. this examples are not to my taste but I still feel the artist has the right to do them as he or she may have a reason to why they are doing this.

[Kizzy]

Wasn't there a suggestion that great works like the 'Venus De Milo' and 'David' were too lewd?

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Wasn't there a suggestion that great works like the 'Venus De Milo' and 'David' were too lewd?

True. Here is some examples I found re. David

When the 5.17 meter tall David (called Il Gigante) of Michelangelo was installed in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence in 1504, authorities immediately placed a garland called a ghirlanda made of twenty-eight copper leaves around his waist in order to cover his nakedness.

In 1857, when British queen Victoria first saw the six-meter-tall replica of Michelangelo's statue David in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, she was shocked by the sight of his genitals. A detachable fig leaf was immediately commissioned and kept handy for future royal visits.

most worringly this controversy in Russia happened in 2016!

Residents in St. Petersburg, Russia, will vote on whether or not to censor a 16-foot-tall plastic copy of Michelangelo‘s David, which has become the source of controversy in the city in recent days.
It now stands in front of St. Ann’s Lutheran church as part of the exhibition, “Michelangelo: The Creation of the World,” which also includes animated recreations of the Renaissance master’s Sistine Chapel frescoes, as well as works by Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael to Giotto, Sandro Botticelli, and Titian, according to the exhibition press release.
“How could you put this bloke without any trousers on in the center of St Petersburg, next to a school and a church?” wrote a local women in a letter about the 16-foot statue, quoted by Lenta and translated the by the BBC. “This giant spoils the city’s historic appearance and warps children’s souls.”
“Children are around, looking at this giant nude man. Is that normal?” she added. Although local school director Maksim Pratusevich reportedly insisted his students were “sufficiently cultured and educated” to deal with a little artistic nudity, the matter will still be put to a vote.

[montblanc]

allowed

[Brillopad]

Oh how men love to talk about their bits! It never ceases to amaze me how the mere mention of a willy adds a bundle of non-sensical and pointless posts to a thread.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

Oh how men love to talk about their bits! It never ceases to amaze me how the mere mention of a willy adds a bundle of non-sensical and pointless posts to a thread.

Aw, sorry the thread is not to your taste, Brillo.
But, I hope you agree, since it is displayed in such prominent locations in some major cities, it deserves to be discussed. We are not giggling here over some graffito genitals in the dark corner of a seedy street.
And you are too hard on the contributions to this discussion. All the post so far made sense and had a point.
Do you see any merit in explicit art in public spaces or such art existing at all?