The country seems unusually open to art that would never pass the official muster in the States. Take this "portal." There were three of these huge temporary gateways built at the main entrances to the bicentennial fair area. This one was at the base of Corrientes, designed by pop photographer Marcos Lopez and titled Carne Argentina (Argentine Beef).
The main image above the roadway was a parody of the Last Supper, recreated as a typical Argentine asado/barbecue, with footballers, drunks, and so on.
On the flank sides (ha ha) were some saint figures, several of them very bloody lady butchers. I cannot imagine the U.S. government supporting this sort of art, and yet here it seems to go down without much fuss. He's a well-known artist and people accept that this is what he does. I'm sure there are people who don't like it, but that doesn't keep it from being plastered on large, city-sponsored canvases.
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