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New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 days ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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Furnari said he did not agree with Kirk on “certain issues”.

“I wasn’t a fan of Charlie,” he said. “Like one thing that I couldn’t stand about him while he was alive [was] when he was talking about Palestine. [Kirk would say]: ‘Oh no, Palestine doesn’t exist.’ I thought: ‘Well, this guy must be out of his mind.’”

Instead, Furnari said he made the statue in an effort to “glorify and to exercise the first amendment, this freedom of speech” – although at points during the conversation, Furnari also said he made it to support Charlie Kirk’s wife; to “glorify democracy”; and to “commemorate a person”.

He later added: “Why am I making the statue? The same reason why Michelangelo did the Pietà, or Michelangelo did the David, or Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Why? Just to commemorate a moment, you know, a person.”

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Burying the best part IMO

It’s also clear, however, that Furnari, despite no one having commissioned him to make the statue, was hoping to make money. He said he had expected unnamed wealthy figures to donate to him – he spent $100,000 on steel, resin and labor – but that has not come to pass.

In desperation, Furnari set up an online fundraising campaign, hoping to raise an initial $150,000, but potentially millions of dollars, which he said would allow him to take the statue on tour. As of Thursday, he had raised $1,400.

“I was thinking that it was going to resonate with the world, with whoever, but man, people are strange out there,” he said. “Meaning like, nobody is really coming up with support, especially financial support. So far I’ve spent all my money on this.”

Regardless of his broken foot and light wallet, Furnari said he did not really believe the Kirk statue was cursed. “The statue is not cursed. The statue is blessed,” he said, in spite of all available evidence – but he has certainly been left angry.

“Things financially are a total, absolute nightmare. It’s like wow. People are cheap, man. You know, people talk, talk – I know lots of people out there, and everybody’s so cheap. You know, like, it’s disgusting how cheap they are.”

$100K for that is insane, no matter who the subject is. I thought it was going to be cast copper or something at least. It's just plain steel. You can buy it scrapped by the ton for like $200.

[–] hypnicjerk@piefed.social 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i would love to see the itemized receipt for labor

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As would I.

Youre the fucking artist! What do you mean, you spent a hundred grand in labor?

[–] hypnicjerk@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

basically, 'spent' in the headline is a complete fabrication.