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MADem

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103. Well, exams are held without the consent of many in the student body.

Fri Feb 7, 2014, 05:23 AM

Feb 2014

The student body isn't consulted on every activity that happens at most schools.

They are, as you point out, free to complain, and they're also free to disenroll and matriculate somewhere else. I kinda think they'd want to stay put, though--that school has a great rep, and a degree from there has no small amount of cachet.

I think the statue is very well done--it's hyper-realistic, complex, can fool the eye, and kickstart discussion. Beats the hell out of some halfassed ball on a triangle or some other simplistic installation.

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"Statue of Guy in His Underwear Causes Brief Controversy at Wellesley College" [View all] Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 OP

Oh. "Brief" controversy. Now I get it. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #1

It looks so REAL HockeyMom Feb 2014 #2

He's knee deep in snow, and looks vulnerable/injured/ill. It's disturbing all right. Hekate Feb 2014 #4

As a woman, I don't feel threatened. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #13

You and me both. Good grief. As an art project, I find its public placement sophomoric. nt Hekate Feb 2014 #19

He froze standing up :P snooper2 Feb 2014 #3

That's me every time I take ambien .... Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #33

Sleepwalking! The installation is aptly named, then... nt MADem Feb 2014 #102

In rainy Olympia, some genius put statues of children playing... between traffic lanes. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #5

Heh.. Yeah, those still get me once in a while when I go to the farmers market... opiate69 Feb 2014 #60

that's really dumb marions ghost Feb 2014 #111

I'm surprised this sunk so far so fast, but what do I know? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #6

Needed more pictures...snooper delivered!...nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #8

Perhaps the feminists are deciding what the correct reaction is? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #11

I find it oddly amusing that the reverse situation wouldn't be an issue NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #20

depends on what the statue would look like and do sexual assaults by females against males JI7 Feb 2014 #48

Not me. I'd feel victimized, traumatized and triggered. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #85

He's in search of bigfoot! Sissyk Feb 2014 #97

but triggering was one problem hfojvt Feb 2014 #105

There was a thread on this yesterday or the day before. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #12

Welcome to DU! Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #95

Thank you, JM. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #115

Art solicits response 1000words Feb 2014 #7

Can they put temporary make up on it now and then for Holloween? Xyzse Feb 2014 #9

Well, exams are held without the consent of many in the student body. MADem Feb 2014 #103

True... Xyzse Feb 2014 #109

"Apprehension"? That thing makes people afraid? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #10

I saw a video of this.. sendero Feb 2014 #14

Remove all public art displays on campus, then 1000words Feb 2014 #15

All.. sendero Feb 2014 #16

That's your response to it 1000words Feb 2014 #17

Yes. All semi-nude and nude statues should be removed from public view. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #18

So you are claiming that Aerows Feb 2014 #23

I guess you're right. This so-called "modern art" isn't really "art" at all, is it? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #29

As I said Aerows Feb 2014 #36

Who can forget the Ashcroft days and his covering up of the "Spirit of Justice"? NutmegYankee Feb 2014 #25

He doesn't look like a stalker, he looks like someone Ambien-walking... SMC22307 Feb 2014 #28

what does a stalker look like ? JI7 Feb 2014 #37

Perhap he is a stalker, with unconscious impulses taking over during his sleep. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #46

*** Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #74

That triggered my response for a wedge of Laughing Cow. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #77

OMG, you love that cheese, too? Aerows Feb 2014 #80

LOL And only 35 calories! SMC22307 Feb 2014 #82

It is! Aerows Feb 2014 #84

Answer: Big donation Aerows Feb 2014 #39

Good point. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #59

He looks like MOLESLEY, from Downton Abbey, minus his (down a peg) footman's livery! MADem Feb 2014 #113

Ha, he does a bit. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #116

I have to say, I love Carson's MOLLLLLLES-ley! MADem Feb 2014 #117

That's what stalkers look like? Who knew? nt MADem Feb 2014 #104

Maybe that is the point. MicaelS Feb 2014 #22

Reaction: Not good Aerows Feb 2014 #27

This was cataclysmically stupid to put on an all-women's campus Aerows Feb 2014 #21

Go to any town in the U.S. 1000words Feb 2014 #24

are there statues of enemy soldiers who attacked them that look realistic and like they are going JI7 Feb 2014 #30

Right. Because the white Hanes guy looks *exactly* like he's about to rape someone (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #44

what does a guy who is about to rape supposed to look like ? JI7 Feb 2014 #45

Like a sleepwalking middle-aged dude standing in his underwear in the snow, Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #57

Or maybe like a sleepy eyed Woody Allen standing in his underwear...hmm... CTyankee Feb 2014 #78

I know that most young women Aerows Feb 2014 #32

Laughing and mocking is a valid response, as well. 1000words Feb 2014 #40

But would be the statue be acceptable if it weren't someone so "schlumpy"? SMC22307 Feb 2014 #53

no, and this one wouldn't be an issue either if it didn't look real JI7 Feb 2014 #54

But some of those "stone statues" have actual penises. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #58

so you finally realize it's not about seeing the penis JI7 Feb 2014 #61

The other guy was goliath Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #71

So the issue is that it's lifelike... SMC22307 Feb 2014 #66

yes , put it in a museum or some art dept JI7 Feb 2014 #67

He'd lose the vulnerability if in a museum or art department. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #91

Would the statue be acceptable Aerows Feb 2014 #56

How are you defining "vanity"? (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #76

If you don't define vanity as sinking a huge chunk of money into a statue Aerows Feb 2014 #81

"Vanity" as in being worthless or futile? SMC22307 Feb 2014 #87

Dammit Aerows Feb 2014 #88

I just made a boring grilled cheese. SMC22307 Feb 2014 #90

LMAO! Aerows Feb 2014 #92

:-) Thanks! SMC22307 Feb 2014 #93

I know that pic just THRILLED me! CTyankee Feb 2014 #79

The guy looks like he is seriously ill. MicaelS Feb 2014 #35

there have been rapists who look "seriously ill" JI7 Feb 2014 #38

Are you saying that any guy in his underwear looks like a rapist? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #47

no, i'm saying seeing a guy like this in such an environment could scare some JI7 Feb 2014 #49

I'd say that's provocative art. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #96

Honestly, this is what it looks like to me too gollygee Feb 2014 #50

Absolutely. A great many campus rapists are balding middle-aged men in white Hanes underwear, Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #42

many women have been sexually assaulted, threatened etc JI7 Feb 2014 #26

It's a freaking statue. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #31

it looks real, i don't like realistic looking rodents, lizards etc JI7 Feb 2014 #34

We're lucky it's not in clown make-up Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #41

Shudder... clowns. (n/t) SMC22307 Feb 2014 #89

DON'T BLINK! Dr. Strange Feb 2014 #75

I'd be more afraid of the statue if it looked like this: Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #86

It's art... bobclark86 Feb 2014 #43

If nobody likes it gollygee Feb 2014 #51

Wellesley has an enrollment of 2,400 students 1000words Feb 2014 #68

And the other 2050 are taking "selfies" with it Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #100

Those pictures are hilarious...oh, to be a college kid !! MADem Feb 2014 #106

They look terrified and intimidated. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #108

I would love to hear the Eumenides interpretation of this picture specifically Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #114

It's art... bobclark86 Feb 2014 #70

If I could suggest a collaboration with an artist who knits...nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #52

WTF is NYC_SKP doing at Wellesley??? cliffordu Feb 2014 #55

.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #63

I could call him and ask? In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #65

That's where I've seen that dude before! Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #69

I keep a little studio there. Most don't know about it. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #94

At least they didn't dress him in a banana hammock. adirondacker Feb 2014 #62

The original model did not test well with focus groups Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #72

Eeeeek! Sissyk Feb 2014 #98

I like it. They can put it in my yard when they're dome with it. Throd Feb 2014 #64

$600,000 and it can be yours Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #73

If they really wanted to scare people have the statue holding open a door The Straight Story Feb 2014 #83

the way the guy is dressed, he is clearly asking for it. uncle ray Feb 2014 #99

The English professor nailed it....it�s a schlumpy guy in underpants.... MADem Feb 2014 #101

I don't understand the upset. MadrasT Feb 2014 #107

Yeah, I agree. HappyMe Feb 2014 #110

Consider that: marions ghost Feb 2014 #112