Czech EU art stokes controversy

portrays Bulgaria as a toilet, Romania as a Dracula theme-park and France as a country on strike. :stuck_out_tongue:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7827738.stmThe 16-sq-m (172-sq-ft) work portrays Germany as a network of motorways somewhat resembling a swastika.Poland is represented by a group of Catholic monks erecting the rainbow flag of the gay community.The eight-tonne mosaic depicts France as a nation on strike.Entropa portrays Romania as a theme-park-styled Dracula’s castle.Luxembourg is depicted as a small lump of gold for sale.Italy is seen as a massive football pitch, suggesting a nation with a fetish for football.The depiction of Bulgaria comprises a series of squat toilets.The Netherlands is seen as series of minarets submerged by a flood - a possible reference to the nation’s simmering religious tensions.

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btw Greece is on fire :ermm: and GB is in pieces

Apparently GB is missing

…umm and the Czech artist is soft on his own country but …suprise… not so soft on Slovakia- no love lost there then.:slight_smile:

Personally I think this ‘artist’ is just a crass dickhead - he thinks he’s really clever - in actual fact he’s just trading on obvious boring stereotypes (yawn) he might just make it as a cartoonist for the Sun. He has absolutely nothing interesting or original to say.

Seeing as the artwork is installed in an EU institution perhaps he is suggesting that they have nothing interesting to say? :slight_smile:

he left uk out cause of the constant disagreement with the EU

i thought it was hilarious :w00t:

Good point - I might be underestimating the guy. :slight_smile:

as he portrays as abseny from europe i hope i stays that way and we tell to fvck off totally.

if he wants contoversy he’s got it but how they can allow him to put it up in the eu parliament building i dont know, Twats!

I could give you a good essay on why this is a decent piece of art, despite the fact that I think “installation art” can be a bit lazy.

Let’s start with it has provoked discussion…

And let’s stop there.

O.K. It’s using stereotypes, but would you have realized they were stereotypes if it had not been done?

It’s O.K. Best of all, it’s not serious.

We got away lucky (Germany), if i see the piece of art representing Poland then I know that the artist should stay away from a lot of polish people and especially Poland, as this is quite pushing it.