Is it art, or is it a freaky statue of a guy in his underwear? You decide
What’s the last thing you want to see at night as you wander through the snowy surrounds of your university in Massachusetts? A creepy statue that looks like a random man walking around in his underwear, of course. For those of you who said that you would be more scared by a knife-wielding maniac, you were wrong.
Artist Tony Matelli is the man behind the freaky statue entitled ‘Sleepwalker’, and it is part of an exhibition at the school’s Davis Museum. It’s not universally loved, however, as there has been a petition started to get the college president, H. Kim Bottomly, to have the statue removed according to the Boston Globe.
Of course, while it is incredibly weird, it has already inspired an inevitable raft of photoshop jobs and selfies, some of which are pretty entertaining.
@MileyCyrus #wreckingball #wellesleycollege #sleepwalker whoever edited this is amazing and makes this statue funnier pic.twitter.com/zpcaFoZBlE
— Dulce Maria Gonzalez (@dulcemagzz) 6 fevereiro 2014
#TonyMatelli's eery #Sleepwalker haunts the snowscape at #WellesleyCollege and is photo bombed by Skylar Schmidt. pic.twitter.com/z89GUP8i3f
— elena creef (@elenacreef) 5 fevereiro 2014
Just checking to see if I have a @textfromhillary yet… pic.twitter.com/VEZZu46c8U
— WellesleySleepwalker (@WCSleepwalker) 6 fevereiro 2014
He also now has his own Twitter account, and apparently a range of winter clothing wear for this season.
Cozy look from Sleepwalker Winter 2014 Ready to Wear line #streetchic pic.twitter.com/kSpqUP12mI
— WellesleySleepwalker (@WCSleepwalker) 6 fevereiro 2014
Hat-tip to The Boston Globe for the pictures
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