"Middle finger" - Sculpture causes anger

 

In Milan, a controversy is raging over a provocative sculpture of the celebrated Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. At the entrance of the Milan stock market has been standing for weeks, a huge middle finger of marble, which has become the capital of Lombardy in the bone of contention. Alone the oversized middle finger into the sky, the other four fingers are simply cut off.

The eleven meters tall "middle finger" has been positioned by Cattelan, with the blessing of the Milan City Council just before the entrance of the "Borsa Italiana". Only ten days had the marble fingers are standing, now the agent of the Milan stock exchange have been more than three months of daily work around the monumental sculpture, if they want to work. And resentment is growing. In vain did the President of the Milan stock exchange, Raffaele Jerusalmi pressure on Mayor Letizia Moratti, so that the sculpture would be removed as soon as possible. The finger is just disrespectful and anti-capitalist-minded.

The council, however, turned numb and decided on Tuesday that the "shock sculpture" another nine months to 30 September should be left before the stock market. The sculpture was an important advertising for numerous cultural events, which are present in Milan in 2013 planned opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art planned, told the congregation. The Milan Committee Councillor Stefano Pillitteri defended the work. "It gives the square in front of the stock exchange has a metaphysical character," he says.

What is the meaning of the finger accurately, do not reveal its creator himself. "This sculpture is a gesture of love," said the 51 - Cattelan year only, which always manages to cause an uproar with his work.

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