Friday - October 14, 2005

The Male Ego

Never underestimate the male ego. Especially if it belongs to a rich Russian oligarch who recently came into a lot of money with shady deals and crooked connections, in which case half-a-millions bucks will buy him a personalized statue with a huge penis and six testicles. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Every guy needs one of these statues in his living room as a conversation-starter, right ... ?

Russians Well Endowed In Art
(ANANOVA)

A sculptor is coining it in by making statues of wealthy Russian businessmen showing them with huge penises and six testicles. German artist Jonathan Meese makes sells his 500-kilo bronze statues of Russian oligarchs for about £350,000 each.

The artist said he decided to equip his creations with outrageously large phalluses and six testicles to emphasise virility. Russian newspaper Express Gazeta said already three of the country’s wealthiest citizens had spent hundreds of thousands on snapping up the artist’s works for private collections.

Mr Meese said: “One wealthy Russian told me he would like to purchase a statue to decorate the interior of his country house. “When I said that I wanted 500,000 euros for this work, the price did not trouble him at all. Russians have learnt to appreciate the arts.”

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