WELLINGTON: Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand has loomed over the city for five years.
The nearly 5m hand sculpture named Quasi stands perched on its fingertips atop the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, Oct 30, 2024.
Quasi first graced - or haunted - an art gallery in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2016 but proved polarising. It was the subject of an op-ed in the local newspaper listing reasons the sculpture “must go”, including claims that one of its outstretched fingers “appears to be inappropriately and belligerently pointing at pedestrians and office workers”.In 2019, Quasi was installed in Wellington, where he grew over time on its residents.
On Wednesday, many at Wellington’s Civic Square, where the gallery with Quasi is located, said they had warmed to him too. Qausi is to be lifted from the roof by helicopter on Saturday, when the giant hand will travel to an undisclosed location in Australia, the gallery said.
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