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Art Festival Plans to Erect a 45-Foot Naked Woman Sculpture On the National Mall
MRC TV ^ | September 28, 2017 | Ashley Rae Goldenberg

Posted on 09/30/2017 7:34:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Organizers for an art festival are seeking $90,000 to erect a 45-foot-tall sculpture of a naked woman on the National Mall as way to combat the objectification of female bodies.

WTOP reports the Catharsis on the Mall organizers are trying to raise money to move the sculpture, known as R-Evolution, from San Francisco to Washington D.C. so it can be placed on the National Mall facing the White House, for all festival-goers and tourists to see.

The fundraising page for the move, which has received almost $20,000 in three days (albeit only 22 percent of its goal), claims the R-Evolution sculpture can “be a catalyst to social change.”

“R-Evolution is Deja Solis, a woman standing in her strength and power… expressing her humanity; how she feels when she is safe, when she can just be,” the page reads.

According to the fundraising page, the sculpture is part of a collection of three statues that allegedly fight against objectification — with huge breasts.

R-Evolution is the third in a series of three monumental sculptures, The Bliss Project, by artist Marco Cochrane conceived of in collaboration with model Deja Solis, these sculptures are intended to demand a change in perspective… to be agents for social change. They are intended to challenge the viewer to see past the sexual charge that has developed around the female body, to the person: to de-objectify women and inspire people across the world to take action to end violence against women, create space for women’s voices and demand equal rights for all, thus allowing everyone to live fully and thrive.

If they succeed, the sculpture will be on display until March. The Catharsis on the Mall festival only runs from Nov. 9 to Nov. 12. According to reports, the National Park Service has already granted permission for the statue, but say volunteers must keep a vigil by it at all times.

While probably the most explicit, the sculpture certainly wouldn’t be the strangest thing to face the White House. In August, someone put a huge 30-foot inflatable chicken right behind the building.

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To: Texas Fossil
NUTS!

No, they said a *female* statue...

41 posted on 09/30/2017 9:34:48 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Yes I saw the photo on the webpage. Along with the Washington monument as a phalic symbol.

Stupid leftie freaks.


42 posted on 09/30/2017 9:40:37 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: sparklite2

Hey! ... Deja vu man!

43 posted on 09/30/2017 9:49:41 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (I stand for the flag...I kneel at the cross)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

“Is this some kind of a bust?”
“Yes, that’s very impressive, but that’s not why we’re here”


44 posted on 09/30/2017 10:01:20 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Stand Watch Listen

Reminds me of Milo Moire...


45 posted on 09/30/2017 10:08:57 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Billthedrill

I’m offended. tear it down.


46 posted on 09/30/2017 10:11:27 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The National Park Service needs a house cleaning. Many of its’ employees hate their leader.


47 posted on 09/30/2017 10:19:43 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: dynachrome

Put a hijab scarf on her. That will get some attention.

rwood


48 posted on 09/30/2017 10:20:49 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: ClearCase_guy

#12. The most important question asked about the 50 foot woman was “is she wearing underwear”?

Now this new project might really scare kids if they model the statue after Rosie O’Donnell. That would be child abuse times 10.


49 posted on 09/30/2017 10:22:02 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

A tastefully done nude woman sculpture is not offensive. However, it does not belong on the national mall and 50 feet tall. It should be in an art gallery or museum and of normal height and stature.

The human form is not offensive. Artists make things with the human form be it nude or clothed that are quite beautiful. They also make offensive things and sometimes the offensiveness is intentional. That I do not like.


50 posted on 09/30/2017 10:58:52 PM PDT by cpdiii (Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud-man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, CONSTITUTION WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: sparklite2

Better than a 45 foot tall naked Trump.


51 posted on 09/30/2017 11:35:46 PM PDT by Chainsawj (If you're gonna fight, fight like you're the 3rd monkey on the ramp to Noah's Ark and it's RAINING.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Make something really big and then we can call it “art.”


52 posted on 09/30/2017 11:37:14 PM PDT by anton
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To: sparklite2

Why? Because it is more neverTrump BS for his supposed locker room talk. Tear it down after his show. He doesn’t have the right to be there for months.


53 posted on 10/01/2017 12:30:52 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Loony LIBs on the loose!


54 posted on 10/01/2017 8:38:46 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: conservative98

I know nothing about the artist. Judged on its own merits, the art is hardly needing to be torn down. The Taliban isn’t an American phenomenon, yet.


55 posted on 10/01/2017 9:37:02 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: hal ogen
This is what is coming to DC and which direction is it facing? The White House. The left is pushing perversion in a place of solemn history for pagans and leftists to dance around in gyrating celebration and fires. I'm ashamed for some Freepers that think is freedom of speech, hence the crackpots about the Taliban. Contact the Park service, your Congressman and the Whitehouse.


56 posted on 10/01/2017 1:10:33 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

57 posted on 10/01/2017 1:13:41 PM PDT by x
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
The National Park Service needs a house cleaning. Many of its’ employees hate their leader.

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It's also being done on Veteran's day weekend. Coincidence? I think not. Nice treat for the Vets visiting the national Mall in DC.

58 posted on 10/01/2017 1:20:16 PM PDT by conservative98
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