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.
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9 comments:

  1. ACJuly 30, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    Did the rats chew off his hands and feet?

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  2. Lux LivingJuly 30, 2011 at 1:09 PM

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

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  3. BagelGuyJuly 30, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    I think it might just get mosiac'd!

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  4. Marty WombacherJuly 30, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    Where do you put the cassette in?

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  5. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    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.

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  6. Crazy EddieJuly 30, 2011 at 5:33 PM

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

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  7. Lux LivingJuly 30, 2011 at 7:30 PM

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

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  8. James TaylorJuly 30, 2011 at 7:35 PM

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

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  9. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    bland, banal art foisted upon the public.

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