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'Dirty Corner', a 2011 Cor-Ten steel, earth and mixed media monumental artwork by British contemporary artist of Indian origin Anish Kapoor, is displayed in the gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles on 5 June 2015
British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor has sparked an uproar in France by installing a work in the Palace of Versailles which he has described as a “queen’s vagina”.
The 60 metre long sculpture is made of steel and rock, and looks akin to a orange-brown funnel pointed at the palace.
The work is called “Dirty Corner”, which Anish Kapoor said in an interview with French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche was "the vagina of a queen who is taking power".
To say the least, tourists are not happy. Dunja, a German sightseer quoted by the BBC, neatly summed it up:
It's confusing, a big vagina and a palace.
Megan, from the US, added: "When you think you're coming to Versailles you'd expect like classic French, maybe a big statue of some Roman god but this just seems dirty, gross."
Kapoor, who designed the London 2012 Olympic tower, has since stepped away from his previous description, telling The Independent, "I don't remember saying it."
He did admit that he had used the word "vagina" to describe parts of the exhibition, adding: "I don't see why it's problematic."
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