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Old 05-15-2007, 06:33 AM   #1
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May 15, 2007: Floating naked guy in Milan



Thanks to Wolf for pointing this one out. Yes, it's 70 feet (21 m) long, it's naked, and it's floating - in Milan Italy. And it's a self-portrait by Polish artist Pawel Althamer. full story
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The work was conceived by Warsaw-based Althamer in 1999 and the Milan installation is accompanied by the artist's show "One of Many," which presents video and sculpture self-portraits.

Flavio Del Monte, spokesman of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, the show's sponsor, credited the balloon with the high turnout to the event. It has attracted more than 3,000 visitors in its first three days.

Most people have been amused by the sculpture, he said, noting that Italians, surrounded as they are by Renaissance masterpieces, are used to nudity in public places.
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Old 05-15-2007, 07:52 AM   #2
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I wonder if the placement of the bicyclist was intentional.
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Old 05-15-2007, 07:55 AM   #3
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Is it anatomically correct?
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Old 05-15-2007, 09:04 AM   #4
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If so... Then the bike isn't covering much!
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Old 05-15-2007, 09:09 AM   #5
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When you're floating, there's shrinkage, y'know.
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Old 05-15-2007, 09:22 AM   #6
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Palazzina Appiani is the location, not the artist's name, as the quote suggests.

He should do an inflatable sculpture version of Botticelli's Birth of Venus, water and all.
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Old 05-15-2007, 09:41 AM   #7
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Old 05-15-2007, 09:47 AM   #8
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Thanks milk, corrected. Quick cutting&pasting on my part
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Old 05-15-2007, 10:55 AM   #9
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I don't really want to know thru which orifice he gets, ummm... inflated.
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Old 05-15-2007, 11:32 AM   #10
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Cute, but it's not art.




It's Pawel.
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Old 05-15-2007, 08:11 PM   #11
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I think it's crap.
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Old 05-15-2007, 08:56 PM   #12
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Be more impressive if it was balanced on it's bell-end.
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Old 05-16-2007, 11:08 AM   #13
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Cute, but it's not art.




It's Pawel.
Just curious, what makes it "not art"?
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Old 05-16-2007, 11:24 AM   #14
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His name is not Art, it's Pawel.
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