Venice authorities decided to remove from the Cape to the museum Punta della Dogana sculpture of a boy with a frog works of American sculptor Charles Ray. The product of public art will replace the copy lamp post XIX century, which once stood on this spo

CHARLES RAY Boy with Frog
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Even the home of one of the oldest and most famous in the world of contemporary art biennale happen excesses in the opposite direction from the Contemporary art direction.

Venice authorities decided to withdraw from an arrow between the Grand Canal and the Giudecca Canal sculpture of American sculptor Charles Ray stood there for almost four years. Statue of a boy holding a frog in his outstretched hand, was placed on the tip of the cape in front of the contemporary art center of Punta della Dogana, which opened in 2009. The museum has placed part of the contemporary art collection of billionaire and one of the world's most famous collectors Francois Pinault. It is rented for more than 30 years long unoccupied complex maritime customs XVII century and rebuilt it for the museum needs. However, the open area on the cape in front of Punta della Dogana not dispose of Pinot, and city authorities. That is why the management of the museum had four times a year to get permission from the municipality to the placement of the statue on the Cape Ray Charles. For nearly four years, the authorities concerned to sculpture favorably. Painted white painted bronze statue of a boy with a frog fell in love with the city and residents, and tourists wanting to take a picture with the flow it does not run dry.

realistic work of Charles Ray refers to the classical models nude sculpture of Michelangelo, Donatello and Rodin. It was hard to make out anything in it's provocative, but it's still individuals did. Their nakedness confused boy. Another category of malcontents driven by a desire to return to their former place of cast-iron lamppost XIX century, standing on a promontory in the old days. As a result, city officials have gone on about the opponents of public art and gathering this week to remove a statue of Ray and put in its place a copy of that same lamppost.

Fans statue protest. François Pinault proposed move to Ray Charles statue boy with a frog in his other museum in Venice - the Palazzo Grassi, but the sculptor did not wish that his work has gone from public access. Ray never thought of this work as a temporary installation. He hoped that the "boy" forever dwell on this cape, but this does not seem to be.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : vulture.com , nytimes.com , artinvestment.ru