The naked woman of Tours
February 21st 2011 23:13
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An artist's impression of the proposed nude woman statue.
VYOOS EDITORIAL
The French are artistic and when the municipal authorities in Tours, in central France, announced plans for a sensational new statue on a hill overlooking the city, most people approved.
It is true that some dissented. There were those opposed to its size - at 120 feet long and 50 feet high (about 35 by 15 metres), it would be a giant. Others were opposed to the fact that statue would be of an unclothed woman.
Still, those in favour considerably outnumbered those opposed to big art and those with Victorian scruples on nudity.
That changed, however, when it was revealed that the statuesque woman would be reclining, that her legs would be slightly open, and that anatomically precise genitalia would be visible to all.
Especially the students at the Catholic boys school immediately opposite the proposed statue.
Suddenly, about half the residents of Tours are opposed to the statue, creating a dilemma for the authorities.
Should art be forced down the throats, or into the eyeballs, of a community not entirely ready to embrace it?
Of course not. Artists should not have to put up with prudes and obstructionists. If the municipal boffins and school authorities insist on preventing the schoolboys from seeing what they no doubt already have seen a thousand times on the internet, there is an obvious solution - move the school.
montrealgazette.com; image: Postmedia News
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