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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI guess sleepwalking man in his undies isn't so scary after all
LOL
At least he doesn't get mad when you take a selfie--
And now we know what he was going after, Creepy Snowman!
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Regardless of what coping mechanism she chooses to employ, that statue screams "patriarchal rape culture".
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)If so, that poor guy - she should wake him before he gets frostbite or hypothermia.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)I think the snowman offering a drink is funny.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I like the snowman offering what looks like a cup of coffee.
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)As a sculpture, this is way less disturbing.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I'm surprised someone hasn't put a parka on the poor guy. He must be suffering severe shrinkage.
1000words
(7,051 posts)So the public can react ... and interact. Stick it away in a gallery or museum, and you've defeated the purpose.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Rule number one for art lovers of any age: Don't touch the sculptures at the museum. One couple broke that cardinal rule on Sunday by allowing their children to crawl all over a multimillion-dollar sculpture at Tate Modern in London.
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/parents-allow-kids-play-million-dollar-tate-sculpture-173000910.html
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)We all are.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Yoko Ono once produced an art piece that was nothing more than two broken cups.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)some form that made a worthy statement of an artistic thought. The Sleepwalker appears
to have been molded from a real human impression, using some pliant latex or fiberglass type material.
Such a process would be considered a craft product rather than an art piece.
However, if the piece is hand made by someone, I would certainly commend their replication skills.
librechik
(30,674 posts)Serious artists often use craft strategies to construct their extremely eclectic forms. But craft always has some implied (at least) function.
Otherwise, you are demeaning the artist's process by comparing it to kitsch. Which it obviously is not in this case.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)It appears to me that someone molded a human form and erected it in a city park. I don't consider such an act to be a creative work of unique art. He/she might have shown some craft-like skills by accurately replicating a human form.
I most definitely do not mean that "serious artists" shouldn't use craft strategies if such is required for their artistic output.
Apparently my writing skills are deficient.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)If not, then it's unique. That and the very fact that people are thinking and talking about it makes it art.