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‘UPLift’ sculpture stirs debate on art originality


The controversial “UPLift” sculpture at the University of the Philippines Diliman has caused quite a stir among netizens and even in the academe, rousing debate about the originality of art and its role in empowering, or disempowering, its subject.


The image of the sculpture of the lithe body of a woman rising heavenward with her long strands of hair rooted firmly to the ground was a hot topic on social media since the artist Ferdinand Cacnio posted the photo of his work on Facebook.

In his Facebook post which garnered 13,000 likes and 2,400 shares, Cacnio said it took him 10 years to finish the sculpture, which was part of his series of works representing the female nude.


It took only a few hours before members of the academe took to social media to brand the sculpture as disempowering, unoriginal, and a product of the male gaze exploiting the female form.

Netizens quickly pointed out the similarity of Cacnio’s work with that of Elisabet Stienstra’s “Virgins of Apelboorn,” a public installation art in the Netherlands with the same concept of the female body in trance


source: technology.inquirer.net

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