{"id":5911,"date":"2024-10-12T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T14:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/la-scultura-di-pulcinella-che-sta-facendo-scalpore-a-napoli\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T07:14:45","slug":"the-punchinello-sculpture-that-is-causing-a-stir-in-naples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/en\/the-punchinello-sculpture-that-is-causing-a-stir-in-naples\/","title":{"rendered":"The Punchinello sculpture that is causing a stir in Naples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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They call it contemporary art, but the recent Punchinello sculpture unveiled in Piazza Municipio in Naples created by sculptor Gaetano Pesce <\/strong>has fueled not only curiosity and jokes but also much criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason for all this? Well, one only has to look at the famous work to immediately realize why it has created so much curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people looking at the opera at first associated it not with the very famous mask of Neapolitan comedy, but a big and huge phallus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And how can you blame them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tall, cylindrical shape, illuminated even at night, is reminiscent of the auspicious and prosperity symbol against evil spirits typical of the ancient city of Pompeii.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also those who say that the work created by Gaetano Pesce has little or nothing to do with the installation in Piazza Municipio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That giant illuminated thing that stands ahead of the Maschio Angioino is a reinterpretation of a different work, conceived and realized in other sizes and shapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But who knows if this symbol of good fortune for the ancients will prove lucky for the whole city of Naples regardless of its shape that causes so much discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n