Korean Spiderman statue gets removed due to poorly placed web shooter

[dyaus-screaming.livejournal.com]

Oh hey, it's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Your very, very friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

Since last year, Lotte Shopping Center in Busan, South Korea has been home to a Spider-Man sculpture by an artist Eunsuk Yoo. It's a rather unusual, somewhat amusing sculpture as Spider-Man has a boner.

Less amusing is the fact that the Spider-Man sculpture was erected (teehee) over the shopping mall's playground and rest area. Oh my Johnson.



As pointed out by tipster Sang, the image has gone viral online in South Korea recently as complaints got bigger regarding the piece. The artist was told to either take the statue down or modify it (lose the woody, I guess). Instead of compromising (castrating) his vision, Yoo decided to have his sculpture taken down.






some wonderful people felt inspired enough by this masterpiece to create their own works of art via photoshop

On his Facebook page, the artist provided his reasons why he decided to remove the statue (translation via Sang, the tipster for this article):

I am the artist who made this piece. My reason for it was that I wanted apply the natural physical phenomenon to a superhero depict whats's natural in the morning without lies and superficial-ness in a comical way.

There have been some comments on various community sites and Facebook pages that this is lewd and a disgrace to the source material. Lotte Shopping Center has received many complaint calls this morning from a certain organization, and after their meeting, it was decided that I have to either modify or take the statue down. Instead of modifying my work, I've decided to take it down.

It was ok for about a year and now it has to be taken down due a sudden interest in the piece, which is sad. But I understand that a piece that could be potentially interpreted as lewd can be offensive at a place like shopping mall. It's disappointing, but I'll reach out to the public with a better work next time

Think he's too hard on himself? Also, maybe pick a better place next time? While the sculpture probably counts as parody, I wonder if Lotte ran it by Marvel first? Or even, noticed the boner?

Source: Daum Eunsuk Yoo's Facebook Kotaku

Comments

[loveshatori.livejournal.com]

how he defends himself is sooo ridiculous

I highly doubt he is this clueless and unaware

[parkjsun.livejournal.com]

He didn't say he's unaware though? He clearly says it's supposed to represent morning wood lol.

[stutterflies.livejournal.com]

The title is killing me

[obviousgirl.livejournal.com]

Talk about delayed reaction. Seriously a year to notice that Spider has a boner? A little late to be offended, eh?

[parkjsun.livejournal.com]

Best part is, it was up for a year.

[achan123.livejournal.com]

shouldnt u call a doctor if its up for more than 3 hours ?? ;)

Ba dum tiss!!

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

"..depict what's natural in the morning..." ahahaaha i find that line so freakin funny

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

me too lmao

[uledy.livejournal.com]

ain't nobody checking for peter parker's web shooter. now, give me a sculpture of Remy LeBeau's ~bo staff~, then we'll talk.

[hawk-fry.livejournal.com]

Remy LeBeau's ~bo staff~

ayyyyyyyyyye ;)

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Think he's too hard on himself?

/giggles


I love everything about this post

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

This is great. I bet he hardly think anyone wood hate it...lol.

[jeit91.livejournal.com]

the title holy shit lmao

[mintychocolat.livejournal.com]

How did this get approved to be put up in the first place?

[just1ncred1ble.livejournal.com]

MTE

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

Well you know crime fighting doesn't stop just because of morning wood folks....

[mad-nux.livejournal.com]

it's a nice looking boner i guess. he should make more

[kicking-tenshi.livejournal.com]

LOL that photoshopped image.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

makes of me think of Ken from VIXX

[samfrack.livejournal.com]

I had the very same thought.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

imagine how awkward it must be to be thwarted mid crime by a dude in spandex with morning wood

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

lmao. I saw this on tumblr earlier. I'm surprised they even put up the statue in the first place.

My reason for it was that I wanted apply the natural physical phenomenon to a superhero depict whats's natural in the morning without lies and superficial-ness in a comical way.

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[winged-monster.livejournal.com]

I thought it was shooting "web" at people like that...

[torontok.livejournal.com]

Saving this to nominate for the wtf post of the year

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

<3

[sikania.livejournal.com]

omg I laughed so hard at this xDDD so it's disturbing now after a year... that was a slow reaction hahahah

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Oh it's shame to take it down since it was so well hung:P

This post needs more penis jokes!!!

[village.livejournal.com]

It was erect for a full year before they took it down so it's not like the artist got the full shaft.


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