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Yeezus RISES!
A random gold statue of Kanye West showed up in the middle of Los Angeles earlier today getting a lot of attention from people on social media.
The statue showed a crowed Yeezus, and was created by … ironically an artist named Plastic Jesus.
According to The Hollywood Reporter:
The sculpture just got a rogue unveiling on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue on Feb. 22. It casts West as Jesus during the crucifixion, with nails in his hands and a wreath around his head, but is updated with bling around the neck.
The sculpture is part of a series of free-standing pieces that Plastic Jesus has dropped in and around the Oscars. In 2015, he created a life-size Oscar statue snorting cocaine on all fours. His other works have included an Oscar statue with a heroin need in its arm — inspired by the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman — and a graffiti piece with Lance Armstrong cycling while attached to an IV bag.
It is reportedly titled “False Idol,” and inspired by the way he has been treated by the media.
See some photos below.