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| Melbourne mural depicting sex and a giant hamburger will be 'edited' | Melbourne mural depicting sex and a giant hamburger will be 'edited' |
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| A Melbourne council will “edit” a mural on a building that depicts people having sex in a giant hamburger. | A Melbourne council will “edit” a mural on a building that depicts people having sex in a giant hamburger. |
| The mural, commissioned by a Brunswick business owner, contains bodies in various sexual positions, entangled with lettuce, cheese and tomato in a sesame seed bun. | The mural, commissioned by a Brunswick business owner, contains bodies in various sexual positions, entangled with lettuce, cheese and tomato in a sesame seed bun. |
| “Art is certainly in the eye of the beholder, but our arts and culture team does think there are a couple of parts of the image that might have crossed a few lines,” the mayor of Moreland, Meghan Hopper, said on Thursday. | “Art is certainly in the eye of the beholder, but our arts and culture team does think there are a couple of parts of the image that might have crossed a few lines,” the mayor of Moreland, Meghan Hopper, said on Thursday. |
| The council has asked street artist Mike Maka, AKA Makatron, to edit a few parts of the painting, but says it wants “to keep the public artwork intact”. | |
| Maka said he was willing to work with the council. | |
| “I’ve never been censored, so although it’s not a pleasure to adjust something to please some people’s opinions, I can understand that council wants to find the middle ground,” he said. | |
| Maka plans to produce T-shirts featuring the original uncensored artwork. |