VT Governor Wants to Banish Nude Statue
“Gov. James Douglas is doing some tidying up in his office and one thing he thinks can go is a table lamp that sometimes makes him red-faced. The lamp, installed on his desk recently as part of a Statehouse restoration project, is a replica of a famous 19th century nude statue that cost $2,500 and is plugged into an overhead chandelier. ‘The governor does not object to the art,’ said Douglas spokesman Jason Gibbs. ‘It may, frankly, be awkward to explain why there is a nude Greek slave on the governor’s desk to a third-grader…’ The lamp is a replica of ‘The Greek Slave‘ — a chained female slave crafted by a Vermont artist in 1843 that became an icon of the abolitionist movement before the Civil War. The woman depicted in the statue, her hair tied back in a bun, is looking downward, a chain attached to her wrists. In the original, her clothes are beside her and a locket and cross are visible.” —Rockdale Citizen (US)
On one hand, you can see the governor’s point. People would be in a dither if he kept porn magazines on his desk. Granted, art is Art and likes to distinguish itself from pornography. But in the final analysis, a naked body is a naked body and it’s not ridiculous to pose the question of whether it belongs on a desk where it can be seen by third-graders. How many parents would accept the same statue if it were placed on the desk of a third-grade teacher?
On the other hand, who are we kidding? The governor’s lamp — here’s a picture of it — is probably more modest than Britney Spears and Gwen Stefani. If third-graders watch television and read teeny-bopper magazines, they probably know more about the female body than they’re going to learn from an old lamp.
And to make matters even more ironic, it’s interesting to note that the statue was once an icon in the fight to free the slaves here in America. It would be a good joke if some black advocacy group made the governor keep the statue, arguing that to remove it would be racism.
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