US snow art gets frosty reception

[HURAKAN]

US snow art gets frosty reception



Police in the US state of New Jersey have ordered a family to cover up their snow sculpture of the famous nude Venus de Milo after a neighbour complained.

Eliza Gonzalez sculpted the snow-woman with her son and daughter on her front lawn in Rahway following a snowstorm.

Many people praised their creation, but a police officer told them a neighbour had found it too risque, she said.

When given the option of covering the sculpture up or knocking it down, she dressed it in a bikini top and sarong.

"We didn't want to have any problem with the police so we covered it up," Ms Gonzalez told the AFP news agency.

But she now thinks the snowy Venus looks "more objectified and sexualised" than it did before the authorities intervened.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/a ... 551528.stm

[gtalum]

I can't believe how prudish Americans are.

[HURAKAN]

That was so stupid. Maybe Mrs. González can land a job as a sculptor now bc she did a fine job.

[Ptarmigan]

C'mon snow does not last forever, so it will melt and that thing will be gone.

[Aslkahuna]

Well you do have a lot of Americans whose knowledge and appreciation of classical art is miniscule to none and then there are those people who complain on religious grounds. In this PC country t'is always best not to offend. Either that or tell the complainer to Get Bent.

Steve

[somethingfunny]

I'd tell that neighbor to stop being a Peeping Tom, the statue's on my property.