A ‘phallic’ Antony Gormley sculpture on a London university campus has been met with backlash from students. Imperial College London students have slammed a new artwork set to be built on a site in South Kensington, claiming it looks like a man showing his erect penis.
The six-metre structure, called ‘Alert’, was designed by the enowned artist, whose pieces include Gateshead’s ‘Angel of the North’ and ‘Another Place’ at Liverpool’s Crosby beach. Gormley says the figure is “balancing on the balls of the feet” and “surveying the world”.
But a motion published by the Imperial College Union says the sculpture may “hurt the image and reputation of the college” because of its “obvious” imagery of a person showing an erect penis.
