
A 33-metre artwork depicting a concrete vagina has drawn the backlash of ring-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's government in Brazil.
Supporters of Bolsonaro's government are criticising the explicit handmade artwork called 'Diva' as ''problematic representation of gender''.
The sculpture was installed in a ruralpark near a sugar mill inPernambuco, one of Brazil's most culturally vibrant city.
According to artistJuliana Notari, the creator of the'concrete vagina'is a“question the relationship between nature and culture in our phallocentric and anthropocentric western society”.
Several art critics took to social media to critise the ''obscene'' and ''transphobic'' sculpture.
However, trans cartoonistLaerte Coutinho celebrated the sculpture saying“There’s a lot to think about in this work.”
EvenPernambuco-based filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho praised the artwork saying“The reactions to your work are a mirror [of society], a success.”
Since taking office in 2019, Bolsonaro's conservative right-wing government has slammed liberal artists as ''decadent spongers who milk public funds to peddle communist garbage.''