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"There is only one thing worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about", these are the words of Oscar Wilde. Today it is being talked about again.
A new black bronze sculpture of the famous Irish poet and playwright, one of whose most famous works is The Happy Prince, has been unveiled.
Designed by the late Scottish pop artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, who died in 2005, the sculpture portrays Wilde as a segmented head and is due to be erected in a public garden in Chelsea, south-west London, near the home of Wilde's ex.
But it must be said that the reactions to this work have not been enthusiastic.
"I am for any kind of innovation in modern art. But that seems unacceptable to me,” commented Merlin Holland, Wilde expert and the author's only grandson.
"It looks absolutely terrifying. Here is a monument to a man whose head society cut off," he told The Observer.
This is not entirely false, as Wilde was imprisoned and convicted for homosexual acts, which were considered gross indecency. He died in poverty in 1900 in Paris, aged 46.
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