The ad is a part of the Affordable Art Fair’s campaign, an international art show featuring established and emerging artists at prices that won’t kill your porte-monnaie.
So who was Courbet? Let’s just say that Gustave, founder of the Realist movement, had a penchant for painting lady parts (check out his talent in the world-famous L’Origine du monde).
As for the "Courbets of tomorrow"? The poster will definitely get a giggle from parents who won’t sue the school if Maxime kisses Mathilde on the playground.
What do you think? Too cute or trop tacky? La Mom wants to know!
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20 comments:
i think it's funny, but I can imagine a -huge- outrage if this was posted anywhere at home in the States!
The title says it all....xv
When you know the background to it its quite funny but without knowing about Gustav and purely looking at the image, its a little tacky. But because you have explained it, its kinda cute! ;-)
I think it's hilarious. It's not like he's a thirty year old man, he's a boy... and that's what boys do! :)
I think it's cute, but I do agree that the states would go crazy on this one... crazy states... lol.
Only in France I suppose!
Isn't this what all kids do - check out and compare each other's 'parts' - so naturale and normal!
Another perfect example of: a picture speaks a thousand words (and everyone has their own translation!).
A tad tacky...
I agree with Laura & Margarita, it is funny in Paris, but would likely end up on the Today Show for the controversy it would stir if posted in the states.
Reminds me of when I was standing at a bus shelter in Beaune next to a giant poster of a topless woman -A plea for self-examination for breast cancer.
Ah...the French!
WHoa, that would never fly, not even in Los Angeles. But, honestly, it cracked me up.
Thanks a million La Mom for finding this image and posting it. I passed by it in the metro when I didn't have my camera and scoured the Internet looking for it to no avail. Definitely will bookmark it for a friend back home who saw the Courbet retrospective with me last year!
Very funny, although, I'm not sure if I would think that if I had a little boy who was with me when I saw the poster...
It's only really funny in France. I think elsewhere it would be viewed as tacky and certainly not giving the right idea to our little ones.
Harmless--but a little bit tacky.
Le'Funny!! But Laura is right, can just imagine the fuss here in the U.S.
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I think it's kind of tacky, but I don't find it offensive. I'm sure that wouldn't be the case if the poster came out here ;-)
more of only in France or paris http://brand-e.biz/diesel-powers-denim-doodle/
Not so shocking anymore... media is way differnt over "here"... I too can only imagine this being somewhere in the US...
LMAO...that's hysterical!
Trop mignon :) i like that they used a doll, because if they had used a real little girl, i would be saying "quelle horreur"
but yeah, that's what all kids do
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