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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Zahna Eklund

Students are trying to block the erection of a sculpture over its 'phallic' shape

The students of a university in London are trying to block plans to erect a sculpture over claims its shape could be seen as "phallic" - even though it's supposed to depict something very different.

Sir Anthony Gormley crafted the sculpture, titled Alert, out of a 20ft stack of cantilevered steel blocks that are meant to resemble a squatting human figure, and the piece is due to be installed at Imperial College London's newly built Dangoor Plaza in South Kensington later this year.

However, students of the public research university have been left less than impressed by the figure, because part of the design that is supposed to portray legs in a squatted position instead looks like an "erect penis".

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