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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Antony Gormley’s ‘phallic’ statue may damage our reputation, say students

DIagram of sculpture
The sculpture is meant to resemble a squatting human figure. Photograph: No credit

University students at Imperial College London are battling to prevent the installation of new sculpture by Antony Gormley over concerns that the work is “phallic”.

Alert, a six-metre-high stack of cantilevered steel blocks meant to resemble a squatting human figure, is scheduled to be installed in the university’s newly built Dangoor Plaza in South Kensington this summer.

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