The Guardian: ‘Too provocative’ mermaid statue causes stir in southern Italy

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The voluptuous statue of a mermaid placed in a square in a fishing village in Puglia, southern Italy, has caused a stir for being “too provocative”. 

 

The statue was created by students at the Luigi Rosso art school in Monopoli before being positioned in a square named after the scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini. 

 

The artwork, which is yet to be officially inaugurated, became a target of ridicule after photos taken during its installation were shared on social media. 

 

The Bari-based actor Tiziana Schiavarelli wrote on Facebook that a friend in Monopoli had “rightly expressed some perplexity about this ‘monument’”. 

 

“It looks like a mermaid with two silicone breasts and, above all, a huge arse never seen before on a mermaid. At least not any I know.”

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Adolfo Marciano, the headteacher of the Luigi Rosso art school, defended the statue, saying it was a “tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy”. He explained that the students were tasked by the mayor of Monopoli to create several statues for the town, including one on the theme of the sea. 

 

“The students got together and came up with the idea of a mermaid,” Marciano said. “The council was shown the scale model and said it was good, and then decided the completed sculpture would be placed in the square.” 

 

Marciano said he did not want to cast judgement on the students’ inspiration, but that he viewed the work “as a representation of reality, in this case of the female body”.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/28/too-provocative-mermaid-statue-causes-stir-in-southern-italy

 

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[China]

Really, that needed to be hidden?  What a puritannical society we live in.

[Captain Wiggles]

[Larry]

I thought mermaids were supposed to be "provocative"? 

[Captain Wiggles]

4 minutes ago, Larry said:

I thought mermaids were supposed to be "provocative"? 

 

Yeah but the Italians took it too far. 🤪

 

[CobraCommander]

[Renegade7]

I don't remember Ariel being thicc, how dare they?!?!

 

 

[PleaseBlitz]

Ive been to Italy and that sculpture does not even register on the provocative scale. 

[TradeTheBeal!]

Megan Thee Salmon?

[Spaceman Spiff]

This is random, but whatever. 
 

Few years ago I was training for a sprint triathlon. The swimming was the part I was worried about the most so I spent a lot of time swimming at a rec center nearby. Pretty nice indoor pool. 

Sometimes I’d go in the late morning and every once in awhile I’d see this girl there swimming laps in a ****ing mermaid tail. You could tell she was some emo cosplay looking chick but I remember the first time I stuck my head under water when I was swimming and saw her, I burst out laughing and got a nose full of water. 
 

 

[Destino]

They let students come up with their own statue idea and are surprised to find a mermaid with heavies and a dumper?