Mary Wollstonecraft: Artist behind controversial statue says critics ‘missed the point’
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Mary Wollstonecraft: Artist behind controversial statue says critics ‘missed the point’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Maggi Hambling, the artist behind the Mary Wollstonecraft statue that has been the subject of widespread criticism online, has defended her work. “You don’t see a lot of statues commemorating male political figures without their pants on.” Hambling has now defended the statue, saying people have “missed the point” of it. It’s crucial that she is ‘now’.” Hambling continued: “The whole sculpture is called ‘for Mary Wollstonecraft’ and that’s crucially important. It’s not an idea ‘of’ Mary Wollstonecraft naked… the sculpture is for now.” Wollstonecraft was an early pioneer of human rights.

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