Adolfo Marciano, the headteacher of the #LuigiRusso #art school in #Monopoli, #Italy, defended the statue.
“You see adverts on television with models who are very thin, but the #mermaid is like a tribute to the great majority of #women who are #curvy, especially in our country. It would have been very bad if we had represented a #woman who was extremely skinny.”

#Italy #Bari

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