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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:43 AM Oct 2014

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New Paris landmark: Giant sex toy or an Xmas tree?

PARIS (AP) -- A giant green art installation on the tony Place Vendome in Paris is attracting perhaps more attention than American artist Paul McCarthy bargained for.

It's called "Tree," and vaguely resembles an inflatable Christmas tree.

McCarthy told Le Monde that it was somewhat inspired by an anal plug sex toy -- but insisted it was a bit of a "joke" and meant as an "abstraction."

Conservative French critics are decrying the sculpture on social media.

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http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20141018p2g00m0dm023000c.html

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New Paris landmark: Giant sex toy or an Xmas tree? (Original Post) yuiyoshida Oct 2014 OP

Butt plug bigwillq Oct 2014 #1

A statement of great social and political import. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #2

This has been deflated by vandals... Agschmid Oct 2014 #3

It kinda reminds me of something else now... yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #5

Yup. Agschmid Oct 2014 #6

It's educational. Codeine Oct 2014 #4

Definitely ruins the view! ugh TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #7

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

1. Butt plug

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:44 AM

Oct 2014

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

2. A statement of great social and political import.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:46 AM

Oct 2014

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

3. This has been deflated by vandals...

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:48 AM

Oct 2014

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/paris-sex-toy-sculpture-deflated-after-vandals-cut-cables-on-controversial-christmas-tree-9803514.html

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

5. It kinda reminds me of something else now...

Reply to Agschmid (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:56 AM

Oct 2014

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

6. Yup.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 09:02 AM

Oct 2014

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

4. It's educational.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 08:51 AM

Oct 2014

It underscores the inportance of always having a flange on a butt toy.

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)

7. Definitely ruins the view! ugh

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 09:04 AM

Oct 2014

Pretty architecture. Ugly....whatever.

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