Too provocative: Statue of ‘curvy’ mermaid causes stir in southern Italy town — Induia Today del 29 aprile 2023
Too provocative: Statue of ‘curvy’ mermaid causes stir in southern Italy town — Induia Today del 29 aprile 2023
Made by students from an art school in Puglia, the mermaid sculpture has upset some for being ‘too sexual’. The art school headteacher hailed it as a ‘tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy’.
By India Today World Desk: The voluptuous statue of a mermaid is making waves in the southern Italian town of Monopoli. The statue is placed in a square in a fishing village in Puglia, southern Italy, has caused a stir for being “too provocative”.
The statue was created by students at the Luigi Rosso art school in Monopoli before being positioned in a square named after the scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, reported The Guardian.
