Fernando Botero’s Adam
Colombian artist Fernando Botero’s enormous sculptures inside the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle get a lot of attention, especially a rather small (but shiny) facet of the male. Named Adam and Eve, the portly couple towers naked over shoppers passing through on their way to William Sonoma, Whole Foods and the other shops inside the commercial center. But unlike many sculptures that are easy to walk past without noticing, Adam and Eve seem to entice people to stop–and touch. In fact, so many people touch the sculpture’s small but prominent penis that it has been worn to a golden shine.
Fernando Botero’s Adam
Colombian artist Fernando Botero’s enormous sculptures inside the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle get a lot of attention, especially a rather small (but shiny) facet of the male. Named Adam and Eve, the portly couple towers naked over shoppers passing through on their way to William Sonoma, Whole Foods and the other shops inside the commercial center. But unlike many sculptures that are easy to walk past without noticing, Adam and Eve seem to entice people to stop–and touch. In fact, so many people touch the sculpture’s small but prominent penis that it has been worn to a golden shine.