Czech artwork makes obscene gesture ahead of elections
A Czech artist known for his anti-communist stance has floated a huge statue of a hand making an obscene gesture on Prague’s main river, days before parliamentary elections that could give the communists a taste of power almost a quarter-century after they were ousted.
David Cerny’s giant purple hand, extending an oversized middle finger, was placed on a pontoon on the Vltava river, near the famed Charles Bridge and visible from Prague Castle, the seat of the presidency.
