College students upset at phallic sculpture coming to campus | The College Fix
Students at Imperial College London are miffed at an art piece to be displayed on campus because it has an obvious erect penis interpretation.
The allegedly phallic nature of the six-meter-high Antony Gormley piece, going up later this summer at the new Dangoor Plaza, drew the ire of the Imperial College Union, according to The Guardian.
While Gormley, one of Britain s leading sculptors, said the piece is intended to evoke an image of a person balancing on the balls of the feet while squatting on its haunches, the union claimed the sculpture looks like a person baring their erect penis. It added the piece will tarnish the image and reputation of the college.
The union also said the phallic interpretation was exclusionary as women (or those who identify as such) comprise only 42 percent of Imperial College s student body.
Well, it looks like bad art to me not resembling much of anything, let alone a man with an erect penis.