The artist says it’s legs bent at the knee. A student says it’s a giant penis. So who’s right? It doesn’t matter. This is abstract art – and it shouldn’t be condemned because of one interpretation out of many
Protusion confusion … plans for Gormley’s sculpture, called Alert, which has been accused of looking like an erect penis.Protusion confusion … plans for Gormley’s sculpture, called Alert, which has been accused of looking like an erect penis.I
Or not. Alert is an arrangement of rectangular blocks to roughly form a human figure: an abstract work. Gormley says he’s playing with architecture and anatomy. He certainly has not said it is meant to be phallic. He would be a better artist if he did put it out there.
The sculpture is still at the design stage and students who look at the plan and see a huge penis should also consider the fact that it may not be there. For this reason, and others, I feel obliged to defend Gormley. Alert has been donated to Imperial College by venture capitalist Brahmal Vasudevan and his wife, Shanthi Kandiah, to decorate its new Dangoor Plaza in South Kensington.
Gormley claims the protrusion suggests the sticking out legs of a crouching figure, bending at the knee. But that’s almost beside the point. This not a realistic portrayal: it is a geometric extrapolation, a non-representational work. You know – modern art. The student complaint highlights one possible “interpretation”, then says it raises problems. But how can you find fault with just one interpretation of a work that is open to many?released a priapic dream, so be it.
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