Artist Peter Kaaden Censors Great Art For Comedy

German photographer Peter Kaaden has a pretty sardonic sense of humor. In a bid to challenge the prudish sexuality guidelines of sites like Facebook and Instagram, Kaaden censored photos of statues from the Louvre in Paris. 

Kaaden was recently profiled by The Huffington Post (link below), and discussed the circumstances that led to this particular project.

Kaaden was inspired to create the series after posting a nude sculpture from the Louvre on social media, which was promptly removed three minutes later. "When I posted this picture I was a little pissed," he explained in an email to The Huffington Post, "because it wasn’t even nudity. It was just a sculpture."

The resulting series features old school statues letting it all hang out, their faces and private parts kindly blurred out for the innocent Facebook peruser. The images look just as ridiculous as they sound, resembling the strange lovechild of classical high art and "Girls Gone Wild." It's as if the world's most famous statues have all gone on spring break.

So yeah, while I don't know that this is as "hilarious" as The Huffington Post seems to think, it's pretty clever for sure. 

Via The Huffington Post