Friday 9 May 2014

Hahn Cock


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.

8 comments:

  1. Shurely a giant cock would be a male symbol in anybody's language ?

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    1. I believe that is why the artist considered it a femiist statement: woman making a male symbol for a 'phallic' square.

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  2. It's not as good as the Dorking chicken!

    http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/4825944.jpg

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  3. That in blue has a whole slew of other...less pleasant connotations as well

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