GREAT ART? MAYBE NOT. FUNNY? OH YEAH.

Czech artist David Cerny's sculpture Entropa, depicting the 27 EU member countries, is causing a huge controversy – Bulgaria is especially miffed at being shown as a "series of Turkish squat toilets". Other examples (courtesy of Wikipedia):

• Denmark is built of Lego bricks, and some claim to see in the depiction a face reminiscent of the cartoon controversy, though any resemblance has been denied by the artist. [Cerny wishes to continue breathing - ed.]
• France is draped in a "GRÈVE!" ("STRIKE!") banner.
• Germany is a series of interlocking autobahns, described as "somewhat resembling a swastika"...
• Italy is depicted as a football pitch with several players who, according to some, appear to be masturbating.
• The Netherlands has disappeared under the sea with only several minarets still visible; the piece is supposed to emit the singing of muezzins.
• The United Kingdom, known for its Euroscepticism and relative isolation from the Continent, is "included" as missing piece (an empty space) at the top-left of the work.
  

A BBC video report is here; photo gallery here.

Suggestions for selected non-European countries:

• Australia: a shearer surrounded by empty beer cans cutting a sheep's arse out with a chainsaw alongside a coal fired boiler belching skulls into the atmosphere.
• Canada: a giant retarded beaver.
• Cuba: a shack labelled "50 years of socialist progress".
• Iran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad saying "trust me" with his fingers crossed behind his back.
  
• Israel: a big fat big-nosed Jew biting the head off a baby, with Bushitler offering encouragement.
  
• Mexico: a sign reading "the last one north is a rotten egg".
  
• Pakistan: an al Qaeda theme park (with missile-shaped roller-coaster cars marked with the nuclear symbol).
• Venezuela: Bolivarian beefcake-boy Hugo Chavez tongue kissing Fidel Castro (both naked except for Che T-shirts).
• USA: a very fat m16-wielding Uncle Sam – his hat adorned with various corporate logos rather than the usual stars – saying "I want your resources".
  

The possibilities are endless.