Male nude posters plaster Vienna, draw complaints
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In this picture taken on Oct 18, 2012 two people walk past a poster showing three naked men which has had red tape added to cover the sensitive parts of the three men, in Vienna, Austria. Poster reads: "Naked Men". A prestigious Vienna museum, The Leopold Museum, has been forced to cover up a graphic poster advertising a new show devoted to male nudity, after protests that it is offensive. The show entitled Nude Men from 1800 to Today, opened its doors on Friday Oct 20, looking at how artists have dealt with the theme of male nudity over the centuries. -- PHOTO: AP
VIENNA (AP) - Naked men of all sizes and shapes are appearing on Vienna kiosks as a prestigious museum kicks off an exhibit of male nudity.
But outside the exhibition, organisers are being forced into cover-up mode after a storm of complaints that the ad posters are offensive.
In a show titled Nude Men from 1800 to Today, the Leopold Museum opened its doors on Friday to examine how artists have dealt with the theme of male nudity over the centuries.
Mr Big - a 4m high full-frontal photo mounted on plywood and depicting a naked young man in an indolent sprawl - is set up near the show's entrance, lest there be any doubt what visitors are about to see.
