“Ugly and Porn” Mermaid Statue Will Be Removed from Public Perspective
The Danish government has decided to evacuate a large-scale sexual mermaid statue from the public view of Fort de la Bul in Copenhagen.
The decision was 13 feet tall Big Mermaid The sculpture has received constant criticism, including recently from critic Sorine Gotfredsen, who wrote in a Danish newspaper Berlinsk“Building a statue of a man’s popular dream, that is, a woman should look like a woman, which is unlikely to promote many women to accept their bodies.” politicsArt critic Mathias Kryger took another view, describing the statue as “ugly and erotic.”
The stone statue was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale “Little Mermaid” and her back arched as she leaned against the rock, her chest highlighted and her head raised high. It was originally in the famous Little Mermaid The sculpture perched on top of the rock, and seemed to look at the ocean towards the center of Copenhagen, but Big Mermaid It was subsequently relocated in 2018 in the south of the city in DragørFort.
As a protected monument, DragørFort is protected under the Danish Museum Act. The Cultural and Palace agencies of the Danish Ministry of Culture oversee the site and are responsible for approving any changes.
“In this case, the agency determined that changes were made to Dragør Fort, including the installation of large mermaid sculptures without permission. Art newspaper.
“It is indeed exciting that many people find the statue vulgar, meaningless and unpopular because we are suffocating in the overbearing corpses in public spaces,” Gotfredsen added.
The owner is responsible for the removal of the sculpture; however, it is not clear who exactly owns the work.
Danish entrepreneur Peter Bechh defends the sculpture guardian Earlier this month, he said the mermaid’s breasts were only the size of “proportional size”. He added that he was not aware of the criticism and was actively struggling to keep the sculpture in town.
