Art can either please or shock people, or at least modern art can.
We tend to forget that such masters as Michelangelo had his artwork censored - another artist was hired to put drapes and fig leafs on nude men and women in his Vatican frescoes. The revolving 'presidency' of the EU this year has been given to the Czech republic, despite the fact their president has shown a very anti European attitude. Therefore it isn't surprising that a Czech artist, who created a piece of artwork called Entropa, seems to echo his president's prejudices.
The unveiling of a large sculpture of EU countries created by Czech David Cerny, entitled ironically enough 'Entropa', representing the 27 countries of the United Europe has stirred controversy. Bulgaria is represented as Turkish toilettes. Germany is shown as an animated autobahn network in the shape of a Nazi swastika. Netherlands is drowned in water with a few Muslim minarets poking up.
The play on words of Entropy and Entropa is actually very funny.
See and read more on this art controversy at the following sites:
The BBC report:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7827762.stm
Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropa
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