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A 33-metre reinforced concrete vagina has sparked a Bolsonarian backlash in Brazil, with supporters of the country’s far-right president clashing with leftwing art admirers over the installation.
The handmade sculpture, entitled Diva, was unveiled by visual artist Juliana Notari on Saturday at a rural art park on the grounds of a former sugar mill in Pernambuco, one of Brazil’s most culturally vibrant states.
In a Facebook post, Notari said the scarlet hillside vulva was intended to “question the relationship between nature and culture in our phallocentric and anthropocentric western society” and provoke debate over the “problematisation of gender”.
“Nowadays these issues have become increasingly urgent,” the artist added in what appeared partly to be a reference to the increasingly intolerant climate in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil.
I'm a feminist. At no point in my life have I ever, ever, ever thought that a vagina sculpture on a lawn, or as a hat, was something important or was really art. Yanno.......at least with Georgia O’Keeffe, it was a question of whether it was a vagina or a flower. Not so much here. That is a vagina on the lawn.
The handmade sculpture, entitled Diva, was unveiled by visual artist Juliana Notari on Saturday at a rural art park on the grounds of a former sugar mill in Pernambuco, one of Brazil’s most culturally vibrant states.
In a Facebook post, Notari said the scarlet hillside vulva was intended to “question the relationship between nature and culture in our phallocentric and anthropocentric western society” and provoke debate over the “problematisation of gender”.
“Nowadays these issues have become increasingly urgent,” the artist added in what appeared partly to be a reference to the increasingly intolerant climate in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil.
The vagina dialogues: 33-metre artwork draws far right's ire in Brazil
Juliana Notari’s hillside sculpture sparks clash between Bolsonaro-supporting right and leftwing cultural community
www.theguardian.com
I'm a feminist. At no point in my life have I ever, ever, ever thought that a vagina sculpture on a lawn, or as a hat, was something important or was really art. Yanno.......at least with Georgia O’Keeffe, it was a question of whether it was a vagina or a flower. Not so much here. That is a vagina on the lawn.