Venice Is Losing A Great Piece Of Art
Or at least that’s what critic Jerry Saltz thinks about the imminent removal of Charles Ray’s “Boy with a Frog” from its prime place in the Italian city. Saltz writes: ‘The sculpture depicts a naked boy holding up a large frog by its leg and looking at it. Because he’s enlarged, naked, and rendered in classic realist style, you instantly connect the boy with David.’ But some folks don’t like the fact that the boy has a penis. In Italy! Home of ancient Rome and the Renaissance! Sheesh.
