In New York City police received calls from concerned citizens who take standing on the roofs of sculpture by Antony Gormley for suicide

Last month, the British artist Antony Gormley (Antony Gormley) found in New York City Manhattan 31 articles naked men . The installation is called "Event Horizon". The sculptures are made in human growth, they are based on molds to the body of the author.

Most of the statues settled on the roofs and eaves of buildings, thus giving citizens sometimes take them for suicide. Despite the fact that the New York police warned the public before the opening of the installation, the guard-order periodically receive calls from worried people. Total of "suicides" said 10 people, last call was made last Wednesday.

«We have and do not have enough police, and now spend their time out to answer calls on the statues of a suicide bomber "- sends word of a police newspaper The New York Post.

Installation" Event Horizon "has already exhibited in London in 2007. Then, too many have taken sculpture for living people intending to commit suicide. Shortly before the New York premiere of "installation artist spoke on this subject:" The fact that people associate [this work] with death and suicide - it is a sad manifestation of evolution. " According to him, "Event Horizon" should be seen as an ode to New York.

one of the articles located on the Empire State Building, it is difficult to consider other than a sad memorial. March 30, after the appearance of Gormley sculptures in New York, a student at Yale University, committed suicide by jumping from this famous building.

material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: bbc.co.uk , artinvestment.ru