Boob Seagull statue has outraged folks in Massachusetts

New Bedford, Massachusetts has a new statue of a gull wearing a dress and she has boobs. I guess it's officially called "Seagull Cinderella", but Boob Seagull is being used too. I'm not sure if there is any public art that will not evoke some kind of resentment and actions to have it removed.

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Originally Posted by Boston Globe Not everyone in New Bedford is loving the statue of a giant seagull installed along the waterfront. An online petition seeking to have the piece removed cites the sculpture’s female figure. Called “Seagull Cinderella,” the sculpture was created by Boston artist Donna Dodson and is among 20 or so works of art that have been installed in recent months as part of the New Bedford Seaport Artwalk. But resident Ray Concannon isn’t a fan and he’s initiated a petition to have it removed. Concannon’s petition is headlined “Remove the Seagull with Boobs Statue in Downtown New Bedford.” “This is art, it’s just bad art,” he says, calling the 9-foot-tall sculpture an “eyesore.” Concannon insists he isn’t bothered by the female form, adding “The David and Venus de Milo and other nude art can be very beautiful.” But he questions why New Bedford, whose famous denizens have included Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville, would want to celebrate that history “with a seagull with large human breasts.”...

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