It has belatedly come to my notice that a sculpture of a blue cockerel has appeared in Trafalgar Square.
Given that the blue cockerel is a symbol of France, I found this somewhat odd.
Apparently it's actually a feminist statement (?) by a German artist who was magnificently unaware of the symbolic interaction of Nelson, Trafalgar and a symbol of France.
But then, art is what you make of it.
Ah the great enemy.
ReplyDeleteMan the Kent coast, chaps.
ReplyDeleteShurely a giant cock would be a male symbol in anybody's language ?
ReplyDeleteI believe that is why the artist considered it a femiist statement: woman making a male symbol for a 'phallic' square.
DeleteIt's not as good as the Dorking chicken!
ReplyDeletehttp://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/4825944.jpg
LOL, hadn't seen that before.
DeleteThat in blue has a whole slew of other...less pleasant connotations as well
ReplyDeleteWhat can you mean, sirrahh?
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