Outrage At New Statue of Prince Harry
There has been widespread condemnation of a statue of Prince Harry that doesn’t present him lying down as though dead. Sculpted by controversial artist Hector Blimp, the six foot statue avoids modern art cliches by doing away with the usual trappings of faecal matter and purple pigmy giraffes. ‘This is an outrageous attempt to portray the prince as a human being,’ said Tessa von Clump, Director of the London Institute of Contemporary Art. ‘What is more upsetting is that the artist has even attempted to capture the prince’s likeness, something that’s terribly frowned upon these days. If only he’d made some gesture, such as attaching an Alien facehugger to the prince, we might have been able to excuse it. And until there’s at least one rotting carcass of an animal involved in the piece, I will refuse to display it in my gallery.’
