Relief mixed with sadness as New Zealand bids farewell to ‘hated’ giant hand sculpture Quasi
www.theguardian.com
Wellington gallery says Ronnie van Hout’s Quasi statue ‘was hated by the people but turned out to be a great tragic-romantic hero’. It heads to Australia next
  • @[email protected]
    1•2 days ago

    Interesting that no mention of the “shocker” gesture was made. It was the first thing to come to mind when I saw it.

    Truly a marvelous statue!

  • @TommySoda
    13•24 days ago

    As someone that has never seen it before, I am also sad it’s going.

  • qupada
    5•24 days ago

    A different perspective: https://i.imgur.com/KUK7Qb9.jpeg

    From the 20th or so level of an office building a couple of streets over. Every photo of this seems to be the one from ground level looking up where it looms over you, I feel it is important we have one turning the tables and looking down on it.

    • @ChicoSuave
      2•24 days ago

      This feels like an over complication of the joke “This view, on the other hand…”