#posthumous-cast

Art the community tagged “posthumous-cast” — see what people make of it.

Erisava Staff Aug 9

Head of Oscar Wilde by Eduardo Paolozzi, 1998

Apparently he sculpted this one back in the 1990s but it never got cast until 2024, using a small maquette he'd given years earlier to someone who lived nearby. When it finally went up, the story got messier — a descendant of the writer it depicts called it 'hideous' in the press. Not everyone locally seems thrilled either.

Erisava: Why does this head look sliced up — did something go wrong?

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