Mockery and criticism of the sculpture that pays homage to Martin Luther King: “It looks like a giant penis”

A statue unveiled in the city of Boston on Friday, January 13, in honor Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott Kingprovokes ridicule and criticism in the media and on social networks for the particular aspect that some have given to the sculpture, alluding to a phallic connotation.

The monument, which represents four intertwined armsit was inspired by a famous photograph of King and his wife embracing when he learned about it he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

The 25-foot-tall bronze statue, called “The Embrace,” was sculpted by concept artist Hank Willis Thomas and unveiled Friday on Boston Common.

But social media users have reacted to images of the statue from other angles that seem to show something more suggestive and explicit: two hands holding a phallic-shaped object, relationships New York Post.

For critics of the piece, not including the couple’s heads in the statue opened up the interpretation. Those who observe the sculpture from another angle say that it resembles the representation of a sexual act.

Per Megyn Marie Kelly, an American journalist, political commentator and lawyer, said on her SiriusXM show: “What does it look like, I’ll just say, a giant penis… I’m sorry, it is!” She added: “My God, what a misfire.”

Seneca Scott, a community organizer in Oakland, California, and cousin of Coretta Scott King, told CNN that the statue was an insult to her family. Previously, he described her as a “metal masturbatory tribute” in an essay he published Compact magazine.

“If you can look at it from all angles, and it’s probably two people embracing, it’s four hands. It is not the missing heads that represent the atrocity others attribute to this; he is a stump that looked like a penis. It’s a joke,” Scott told CNN.

“If I showed that statue to anyone in the neighborhood, they’d be like, ‘No, absolutely not.'”

“Ten million dollars wasted creating a masturbatory metal tribute to the legendary members of my family, one of the greatest American families of all time.”

Seneca said The mail that “awakened” culture enabled the costly abstract experiment to be carried out.

The piece was endorsed by Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the slain civil rights leader.

Martin Luther King III said he was grateful to be able to see a statue depicting his parents’ love story and relationship. While some people have negative views on the monument, King III told CNN’s Don Lemon that the monument is representative.

“I think it’s great representation of bringing people together,” King said. “I think the artist did a great job. I am satisfied. Yes, there were no pictures of my mother and father, but it represents something that brings people together.”