lookwhaticando Posted 14 January 2009 Posted 14 January 2009 Czech EU art stokes controversy A new art installation going on display at the European Council building in Brussels has angered EU members with its lampoons of national stereotypes. Entropa portrays Bulgaria as a toilet, Romania as a Dracula theme-park and France as a country on strike. The Netherlands is shown as series of minarets submerged by a flood - a possible reference to the nation's simmering religious tensions. Germany is shown as a network of motorways vaguely resembling a swastika, while the UK - criticised by some for being one of EU's most eurosceptic members - is absent from Europe altogether. ---------------------- Some pictures of the Entropa. ---------------------- Absolutely brilliant. It's a testament to the EU's inability to manage anything at all when one man can do all the work without anyone realizing (he was supposed to give money to other artists and have them do their bit). Hats off to Cerny (not the footballer). :laugh:
Corky Posted 14 January 2009 Posted 14 January 2009 Czech EU art stokes controversyA new art installation going on display at the European Council building in Brussels has angered EU members with its lampoons of national stereotypes. Entropa portrays Bulgaria as a toilet, Romania as a Dracula theme-park and France as a country on strike. The Netherlands is shown as series of minarets submerged by a flood - a possible reference to the nation's simmering religious tensions. Germany is shown as a network of motorways vaguely resembling a swastika, while the UK - criticised by some for being one of EU's most eurosceptic members - is absent from Europe altogether.
Uncle Monty Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 I quite like it. It amuses me that it's only the controversial modern art that has question marks over it.
DB11 Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 I like it What's bad about the UK being left out though?
JoeyB Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 I like it What's bad about the UK being left out though? Its saying that the UK has pulled away from Europe. OR thats my interpretation of it.
DB11 Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 Its saying that the UK has pulled away from Europe.OR thats my interpretation of it. Well if that means away from some of those silly EU laws then it's for the better!
stez Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 Well if that means away from some of those silly EU laws then it's for the better! yeah,good old british stupid laws are much better!
Head Honcho Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 ..................and since when has a figure of eight resembled a swastika
stez Posted 15 January 2009 Posted 15 January 2009 ..................and since when has a figure of eight resembled a swastika i thought that, i thought it resembled the swastika, in that it had some straight lines in it
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