Pi-Chacán

Fernando de la Jara
 2001  
Tübingen, Germany

 

Image Source: http://delajara.com/EN/werke-skulpturen.php
 
Peruvian artist Fernando de la Jara's Pi-Chacán has stood near the entrance of the Microbiology and Virology building at the University of Tübingen since 2001.Chacán is the Quechuan word for both a naturally occurring water-carved tunnel through solid rock, and for sex. (2)

Fernando de la Jara is quoted saying, "It’s participatory art, It should be entered." (1)
 

June 23, 2014:

Image Source:  
http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/06/23/student-gets-stuck-in-vagina-sculpture/


An American exchange student fell over and had his legs wedged in the narrow base of the orifice while attempting to enter. Five fire engines and twenty-two fire fighters arrived on the scene. No special equipment was required to free the student; emergency workers lifted him onto his feet to free him. Both the sculpture and the student were unharmed. (2)

Fernando de la Jara on the incident:

"I believe [he got caught] because he had a lack of coordination. Or maybe it was a lack of sensibility." (1)


 Some other works by the artist:



http://www.delajara.com/images/gal01-angelaadonica2.jpg

http://www.delajara.com/images/gal02-die-drei-kleider-II.jpg

http://www.delajara.com/EN/werke-skulpturen.php

http://www.delajara.com/images/gal01-zauberkuenstlerin.jpg 










Sources:

1.  http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/06/sculptor-speaks-on-student-stuck-in-giant-vagina.html


2.  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-student-rescued-giant-vagina-sculpture-germany