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When a statue of two deer having sex in the missionary position graced the Herron School of Art's campus in Indianapolis in the summer of 2005, the public was a little distraught to say the least.
After all, the statue was originally placed in front of the campus where everyone -- including small children -- could easily gander at the bronze piece.
The sculpture, entitled "Trophy," was crafted by Wim Delvoye, a Belgian artist with a unique approach to art. Some of his other work includes live, tattooed pigs and X-rays of humans in sexual positions (a spooky take on Kama Sutra?).
"The ['Trophy'] piece was influenced by the writings of Charles Darwin and the idea that we are all ... the same," claims Delvoye. "I was reading somewhere that humans are the only animals doing the missionary position and I always doubt when I hear that humans are the only ones doing this or that."
After all, the statue was originally placed in front of the campus where everyone -- including small children -- could easily gander at the bronze piece.
The sculpture, entitled "Trophy," was crafted by Wim Delvoye, a Belgian artist with a unique approach to art. Some of his other work includes live, tattooed pigs and X-rays of humans in sexual positions (a spooky take on Kama Sutra?).
"The ['Trophy'] piece was influenced by the writings of Charles Darwin and the idea that we are all ... the same," claims Delvoye. "I was reading somewhere that humans are the only animals doing the missionary position and I always doubt when I hear that humans are the only ones doing this or that."
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