Lawn Art or Porn

[Zanarkenis]

"I definitely believe people are way too uptight,” said Frank Mazzuca of Woodbridge, N.J., who took his own photos while driving by one day. “If that's the case, then don't take your kids to a museum,” he told WNBC-TV.

Haha, he took pictures?! What a perv!

He's only a perv if he took the pictures home and wanked to them. And I'm sure he did. Didn't you, Flameswroth?

Heckz naw, man! Why wank to a picture of a snow sculpture when you can go home and make one, then...

...well, let's just say 'once you go snow, you never let go'.

Partly due to being frozen to said snow afterwards

^

[EvilDarkMagicians]

Very prudish. It wasn't exactly a 'blowjob' snowman was it?

I found the snow sculpture boring anyway to be honest.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

I think in my opinion, I don't think I sense another "political correctness" cry this time because there has to be a balance between moral decency and art. In the UK, advertisers would never publish a poster with bare breasts at all since the ASA would grill them for it anyway.

[Hindopia]

Here I was expecting something much more. Hmmm
Though it's pretty good sculpting.

[Kirhean Tribes]

Stories like this continue to reduce my faith in humanity every day...


At least this one can balance itself out...according to the poll on the site Katganistan linked, 92.5% of the people who voted are in agreement with the majority of posters here...


ie. What? This is art, not porn....

[New Sociopia]

Nudity =/= porn. People who think it does are idiots.

[The Parkus Empire]

I think in my opinion, I don't think I sense another "political correctness" cry this time because there has to be a balance between moral decency and art. In the UK, advertisers would never publish a poster with bare breasts at all since the ASA would grill them for it anyway.

So you're telling me this wouldn't fly in the UK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIohyqdqZQE
?

[Tunizcha]

He probably forgot that everyone is a prude.

[Wiztopia]

How the fuck could an ice sculptor be porn?

[Tungookska]

it's disguting that people are offended by this.

I guess we have to destroy all forms of expression because seeing a nude human is too risky

[Chrobalta]

*Whistles*

That belongs in a museum.

[Holy Paradise]

-the old snip move-

The Venus de Milo is one of the most well known busts (not that "bust", imbeciles) in the world. It is purely artistic.

[The_pantless_hero]

Americans, not recognizing art since 1861.

[Grandais]

Indeed.

By the way, she doesn't look very much the Venus of Milo. But it's a fairly good amateur sculpture nonetheless! And, it's surely sexier with clothes on!

Besides, I'm afraid that saying "If they don't like this, they should ban/cover all nude statues" it's... ehm... pointless. The kind of people that find that "immoral" would SURELY cover (or more likely DESTROY) all nude statues.

I remember reading in TIME, a couple of years ago, that a teacher was fired for taking children to an art museum that had classical, nude sculptures. It's bad enough to break the proverbial camel's back; does the world still have to pile the straw on?

o_O

The problem is that if a sculpture like Venus de Milo were to be produced today, it'd be decried as porn, sort of like that woman here who took artistic nudes of her children and put them in an art gallery (trust me, if you've seen the pictures you'd know it's certainly not kiddie porn) and was accused of producing kiddie porn.
Also they got taken out of the art gallery.

[Holy Paradise]

Indeed.

By the way, she doesn't look very much the Venus of Milo. But it's a fairly good amateur sculpture nonetheless! And, it's surely sexier with clothes on!

Besides, I'm afraid that saying "If they don't like this, they should ban/cover all nude statues" it's... ehm... pointless. The kind of people that find that "immoral" would SURELY cover (or more likely DESTROY) all nude statues.

I remember reading in TIME, a couple of years ago, that a teacher was fired for taking children to an art museum that had classical, nude sculptures. It's bad enough to break the proverbial camel's back; does the world still have to pile the straw on?

o_O

The problem is that if a sculpture like Venus de Milo were to be produced today, it'd be decried as porn, sort of like that woman here who took artistic nudes of her children and put them in an art gallery (trust me, if you've seen the pictures you'd know it's certainly not kiddie porn) and was accused of producing kiddie porn.
Also they got taken out of the art gallery.

Honestly though, that is a little weird to take artistic nudes of your children and put them in a gallery. Not so much that it's not art (I'm not going to argue against that.), but if you factor in the sickos out there, it just doesn't seem wise.

[Grandais]

They weren't particularly young children, though, (about 10-16?) and they weren't completely nude, a lot like those old Greek sculptures where they were holding togas and stuff which occasionally showed off bits.

[Holy Paradise]

They weren't particularly young children, though, (about 10-16?) and they weren't completely nude, a lot like those old Greek sculptures where they were holding togas and stuff which occasionally showed off bits.

Ah, I see, that is much different.

[The Parkus Empire]

o_O

The problem is that if a sculpture like Venus de Milo were to be produced today, it'd be decried as porn, sort of like that woman here who took artistic nudes of her children and put them in an art gallery (trust me, if you've seen the pictures you'd know it's certainly not kiddie porn) and was accused of producing kiddie porn.
Also they got taken out of the art gallery.

That's mighty lame. We're talkin' mightier than Paul Bunyan or Hercules.

[SaintB]

Is a naked snow woman too hot for the public?

In the eyes of some Rahway, N.J., neighbors, the nude snow sculpture of Venus de Milo that one family built in their yard was just plain offensive.

Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow lady with her daughter, Maria Conneran, 21, and son Jack Shearing, 12, after last week’s snowstorm.

She was curvaceous, bodacious and bootylicious,” Gonzalez told the U.K.’s Daily Mail. “She had a six-pack!”

But after receiving an anonymous complaint, a Rahway police officer was sent to the home, and reluctantly asked the family to cover up the buff (albeit headless and limbless) bod. More

America is the land of the Prudes and the home of the Sexually Deprived!

I'm going to go angrily stew in the damn corner.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

i thought there was already a thread on this not that long ago.

Still, i think it's amazing anyone managed to carve something so well!

[Daistallia 2104]

i thought there was already a thread on this not that long ago.

Still, i think it's amazing anyone managed to carve something so well!

There was.

[JuNii]

Is a naked snow woman too hot for the public?

In the eyes of some Rahway, N.J., neighbors, the nude snow sculpture of Venus de Milo that one family built in their yard was just plain offensive.

Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow lady with her daughter, Maria Conneran, 21, and son Jack Shearing, 12, after last week’s snowstorm.

She was curvaceous, bodacious and bootylicious,” Gonzalez told the U.K.’s Daily Mail. “She had a six-pack!”

But after receiving an anonymous complaint, a Rahway police officer was sent to the home, and reluctantly asked the family to cover up the buff (albeit headless and limbless) bod. More

America is the land of the Prudes and the home of the Sexually Deprived!

I'm going to go angrily stew in the damn corner.

what's the problem? some people complained and the family put a bikini and wrap on it without a fuss.

it's not like they were arrested or given a ticket for it.

next time, put up david or a snow sculpture of God giving live to Adam and see if there's any complaint.

[Lackadaisical2]

Is a naked snow woman too hot for the public?

In the eyes of some Rahway, N.J., neighbors, the nude snow sculpture of Venus de Milo that one family built in their yard was just plain offensive.

Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow lady with her daughter, Maria Conneran, 21, and son Jack Shearing, 12, after last week’s snowstorm.

She was curvaceous, bodacious and bootylicious,” Gonzalez told the U.K.’s Daily Mail. “She had a six-pack!”

But after receiving an anonymous complaint, a Rahway police officer was sent to the home, and reluctantly asked the family to cover up the buff (albeit headless and limbless) bod. More

America is the land of the Prudes and the home of the Sexually Deprived!

I'm going to go angrily stew in the damn corner.

what's the problem? some people complained and the family put a bikini and wrap on it without a fuss.

it's not like they were arrested or given a ticket for it.

next time, put up david or a snow sculpture of God giving live to Adam and see if there's any complaint.

Now that I think of it, theres a big replica of the Statue of David right along a major highway in my hometown, no one seems to have trouble with it being there.

[Norstal]

Is a naked snow woman too hot for the public?

In the eyes of some Rahway, N.J., neighbors, the nude snow sculpture of Venus de Milo that one family built in their yard was just plain offensive.

Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow lady with her daughter, Maria Conneran, 21, and son Jack Shearing, 12, after last week’s snowstorm.

She was curvaceous, bodacious and bootylicious,” Gonzalez told the U.K.’s Daily Mail. “She had a six-pack!”

But after receiving an anonymous complaint, a Rahway police officer was sent to the home, and reluctantly asked the family to cover up the buff (albeit headless and limbless) bod. More

America is the land of the Prudes and the home of the Sexually Deprived!

I'm going to go angrily stew in the damn corner.

You know how hard it is to drive with an erection???

[JuNii]

I kinda agree with the man in the article... the Bikini and Sarong looks sexier than the naked snow sculpture. while both looks like a store mannequin... the dressed one actually highlights the form and draws attention to details.