Giant blue penis painted on Stockholm apartment building

What will the neighbours think? 
The penis bathed in the sun in Stockholm on Wednesday. 
Photo: Hugo Röjgård/Graffitifrämjandet


A Swedish artist has painted a five-story-high blue erect penis, complete with bulging veins, on an apartment building in central Stockholm.
Carolina Falkholt, who created the mural, said she hoped that even those who are repulsed or angered by her art would be forced to think, in comments made to the Aftonbladet tabloid.
"They should consider what it is they are so upset about and then talk about it," she said as the painting was unveiled at Kronobergsvägen on Kungsholmen. "Sex is so important, but it’s always been too dirty to discuss."
The penis was painted on a legal graffiti wall established in Stockholm by the art organization Kollektivet Livet, meaning there was no need to consult with residents before painting it.
"They can choose the motif themselves, so I don’t think they’ve talked to the neighbours or anyone before doing this," Hugo Röjgård, from Swedish graffiti campaign group Graffitifrämjandet, told The Local.
He said that he didn’t think the decision would hurt his campaign to encourage more apartment building owners to free up walls for graffiti.
"I don’t think so really, because first of all Carolina Falkholt is a widely known artist in Sweden. And secondly, the thing with these kinds of wall is that you’re supposed to paint stuff that doesn’t have any other place to be," Röjgård said.
He added: "I’m not saying these walls are for making big penises on, but it should be alright to do that."
Kollektivet Livet normally allows paintings to remain on the wall for about six months before commissioning a new artist.
Falkholt caused uproar in New York in December when she painted a similar giant erection — this time in pink, orange and red — on a wall in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
That painting was erased after only a few days, rather than the three weeks intended, following heavy media coverage and vociferous complaints from residents.
"I usually paint giant vaginas, pussies and cunts," Falkholt told The Guardian newspaper in December. "And since I had just finished one on the side of a five-storey building, I felt like a dick was needed. The wall space on Broome was a perfect fit for it. To paraphrase [the artist] Judith Bernstein, if a dick can go into a woman, it can go up on a wall."
Falkholt told Aftonbladet that she expected Stockholm residents to be more welcoming: "I think that perhaps it will be allowed to remain here, that people get the message and let it take its place in the debate around the body, sexuality, and freedom."
"I think that there there’s greater intellectual space to discuss the subject, in a nuanced way."
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Giant mural of blue penis in Stockholm 
to be removed amid uproar from residents
17 April 2018

*The giant penis was painted on a wall 
in Stockholm's Kungsholmen district ( EPA )

A giant mural of a blue penis in Stockholm is set be covered up following uproar from residents.

The five-storey-high artwork, named 'F*** the World', appeared on the side 
of an apartment block in the Swedish capital last Wednesday.
It was meant to be up for six months, but the building’s owners have already decided to remove it amid a backlash, according to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.

Banners which read “keep your penis inside…” have been draped over the 
mural by angry locals, while numerous complaints have been received.

*Angry posters were put up over the mural (EPA)

Camilla Klimt, marketing manager for property firm Atrium Ljungberg, told Aftonbladet: “Culture and art are important in developing interesting urban environments. Obviously, we care about artistic freedom.
“But at the same time, we must respect the closest neighbours’ opinions.”
The mural’s creator, Caroline Falkholt, previously daubed a giant red penis 
on the side of a building in New York on Christmas Eve. That mural was also painted over by the landlord.
Ms Falkholt expressed hope that the mural in Stockholm would last longer.
A collective of local artists have been permitted to decorate the apartment 
block wall since 2008, and artworks are usually up for six months.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/giant-mural-of-blue-
penis-in-stockholm-to-be-removed-amid-residents-uproar-a3816361.html

Four-storey penis painting is removed from 
New York building
28 December 2017

It was an unusual decoration for the side of a New York 

apartment block during the festive season. 

And after four days, a four-storey tall painting of a penis has now been removed from the building in Manhattan's lower east side.
The painting, which was the work of Swedish artist Carolina Falkholt, was painted over at the behest of the building's landlord on Wednesday after appearing on Christmas Eve, the Guardian reported.
Falkholt told the paper her work is often concerned with "not feeling ashamed 
of your body and who you are as a sexual being".
She added: "I usually paint giant vaginas, pussies and c***s, and since 
I had just finished one on the side of a five-storey building, 
I felt like a d*** was needed."
The painting split opinion among locals, with some complaining that it made them feel uncomfortable and should be taken down.
Others described it as "very artistic" but admitted they wouldn't want it on 
their own street.
Community leaders in the area reportedly called for the painting to be removed as soon as it was completed.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/fourstorey-penis-painting-is-removed-from-new-york-building-a3727746.html