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Graceless station art
• I HAD my first glass of champagne at St Pancras International last Wednesday and no one could fail to be immensely impressed by the restored station.
The only detractor was the truly ghastly 9 metre statue with the title The Meeting. One asked oneself who on earth commissioned such a graceless piece of so called “art” worthy of an old fashioned totalitarian state?
I did not have long to wait for all to be revealed, as the same evening the Porche-driving male chauvinistic culprit was exposed during the BBC programme on the station. The sculptor was heard discussing with him the possibility of giving the male character a fuller bottom. This received the sneering response: “like a ballet dancer,” from this uncultured wizz kid.
Why do straight men find male beauty so threatening? We were informed the figures have a Greek influence and one is reminded of the outstandingly beautiful portrayal of Achilles at the bottom of Park Lane, which the late Lord Larry Olivier described as having the best arse in London.
It is interesting that the St Pancras male figure sports a mini back-pack and as any gay man will tell you, this accessory was a ‘must have’ item for any trendy homosexual in the 1980s.
Maybe the artist had the last laugh after all.
TONY TUGNUTT
Burton Street, WC1
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