Saturday, July 30, 2011

Please welcome 'Walk Man' to Tompkins Square Park

Yesterday, Park officials and various other people unveiled a new sculpture in Tompkins Square Park... Meet "Walk Man," which is the work of artist Scott Taylor.



Per DNAinfo, the "seven-foot-tall sculpture represent[s] the walking man, a version of which is seen at street crossings around the world."



As he said to DNAinfo: "Will it get graffitied? Probably," Taylor acknowledged, saying he’d simply paint over any scrawls that appear. "My graffiti is my white paint."

And "Walk Man" is set to be up for the next four months.

9 comments:

AC said...

Did the rats chew off his hands and feet?

Lux Living said...

He NEEDS graffiti, and a rat in... on his stump, like a clutch!

BagelGuy said...

I think it might just get mosiac'd!

Marty Wombacher said...

Where do you put the cassette in?

Anonymous said...

It is sad that the artist sees graffiti as something to pain over.
Putting an object like this in a public park is begging for people to write on it. It would be great if the artist viewed that as a collaboration not an attack.

Crazy Eddie said...

It’s a Tea Bagger, walking away as fast as he can from our darkie president. Cracker!

Lux Living said...

I agree Anon but not to worry. It's probably covered in rats by now.

James Taylor said...

I'd have rather seen a sculpture of the word "WALK".

Anonymous said...

bland, banal art foisted upon the public.