Valencia (Spain) (AFP) - Explicitly erotic sculptures inspired by ancient Greek ceramic art are making waves at a marina in the Spanish city of Valencia.
By local artist Antoni Miro, the steel figures provide a foretaste of an upcoming exhibition of his at a cultural centre opening soon nearby, said a spokeswoman for the consortium that manages the space.
But for some, such explicit art should not be displayed in a place that is frequented by families with small children.
"The exhibition in the street of these figures that depict blow jobs, masturbation, exposed genitals… with highly explicit sexual content" could violate the law for the protection of minors, the conservative Family Forum association said in a statement.
The images confront children without any prior warning and "are inappropriate for their age", it said.
Miro told AFP he had made the sculptures in 2007 based on scenes that figured on ceramics the ancient Greeks used daily some 2,500 years ago.
It's a "reencounter with our roots," he said in an emailed response to questions.
"It must be seen with normality, it's an act of love."
Asked whether the public outdoor space was appropriate, he said the sculptures belonged there "in front of the Mediterranean sea looking towards Greece, the cradle of culture."
It is completely fine to have art. Damn these fiends for denying art that should exist. Is it wrong to love? Is it wrong to remember Greek culture?
Our forefathers made this art, so why should we reject it?
Damn puritans.
Adrian Rivera
fags are always looking for new ways to force their agenda of spreading degeneracy and public acceptance of unnatural perversions on everyone. they do anything outlandish which will cause a public outcry so they can go "tee hee hee" and feel smug and devious. fags are insufferable.
Kevin Collins
Actually, you are insufferable.
The image in the OP is clearly a woman making love to a man. A woman using her mouth to slicken a man's penis is the precursor to wet, reproductive sex. Your social norms are falling apart: You cannot manage to fulfill the 14 words if you are shy about sex.
Sex is the means to reproduce.
Luke White
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Austin Harris
t. childless commie faggot
Michael Baker
reddit spacing, kike-mentality These vases were almost all decorating the houses of degenerates and brothels. It wasn't even on public display thousands of years ago. The Greek would nuke civilisation from orbit if they saw how it has turned out.
These vases were almost all decorating the houses of degenerates and brothels. Do you think that some fucking minion shirt is high art?
Brody Jones
How fucking bad is modern (((art))) if it just amounts to copying art from thousands of years ago?
Daniel Peterson
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Easton Diaz
Thats true.
Regarding exposing youngers to sex: We need to stop keeping childrens minds away from the stuff of life. Some of them are born smarter than you. Everyone needs to have information, adults think children cannot have that information, when they want to know they should get it.
And especially your young daughters, they should get it, from me.
Henry Gomez
They gonna need this guy after the E.U. bans porn.
Lincoln Hall
The nose knows
Wyatt Cox
Ancient Greeks, the same people that thought men fucking boys is normal.
Tyler Cruz
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Brody Miller
And yet, despite being that fucked up, they still weren't as fucked up as this jackass showcasing graphic depictions of sex in the middle of town.
Forget nuking civilization. Let's just skip to the absolute heat death of the universe. It's the only way to be sure this ridiculousness stops its spread any further.
