The Cellar - May 15, 2007: Floating naked guy in Milan

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Undertoad

05-15-2007 07:33 AM

May 15, 2007: Floating naked guy in Milan

http://cellar.org/2007/floatingnakedguy.jpg

Thanks to Wolf for pointing this one out. Yes, it's 70 feet (21 m) long, it's naked, and it's floating - in Milan Italy. And it's a self-portrait by Polish artist Pawel Althamer. full story

Quote:

The work was conceived by Warsaw-based Althamer in 1999 and the Milan installation is accompanied by the artist's show "One of Many," which presents video and sculpture self-portraits.

Flavio Del Monte, spokesman of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, the show's sponsor, credited the balloon with the high turnout to the event. It has attracted more than 3,000 visitors in its first three days.

Most people have been amused by the sculpture, he said, noting that Italians, surrounded as they are by Renaissance masterpieces, are used to nudity in public places.

HungLikeJesus

05-15-2007 08:52 AM

I wonder if the placement of the bicyclist was intentional.

glatt

05-15-2007 08:55 AM

Is it anatomically correct?

RellikLaerec

05-15-2007 10:04 AM

If so... Then the bike isn't covering much! :lol:

BigV	05-15-2007 10:09 AM

When you're floating, there's shrinkage, y'know.

milkfish

05-15-2007 10:22 AM

Palazzina Appiani is the location, not the artist's name, as the quote suggests.

He should do an inflatable sculpture version of Botticelli's Birth of Venus, water and all.

Shawnee123

05-15-2007 10:41 AM

A Dude Dirigible! Oh, the humanity!

Undertoad

05-15-2007 10:47 AM

Thanks milk, corrected. Quick cutting&pasting on my part

barefoot serpent

05-15-2007 11:55 AM

I don't really want to know thru which orifice he gets, ummm... inflated.

xoxoxoBruce

05-15-2007 12:32 PM

Cute, but it's not art.

It's Pawel.

Aliantha

05-15-2007 09:11 PM

I think it's crap.

monster

05-15-2007 09:56 PM

Be more impressive if it was balanced on it's bell-end.

Hime	05-16-2007 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 343573)

Cute, but it's not art.

It's Pawel.

Just curious, what makes it "not art"?

xoxoxoBruce

05-16-2007 12:24 PM

His name is not Art, it's Pawel.

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