Is it art, or just plain offensive?

PositionNews & Trends - Tony Matelli's sculpture - Brief article

Many students at Wellesley, a women's college near Boston, assumed that the half-naked man they saw apparently stumbling through the snow last month was drunk and would soon be arrested. When they learned the "Sleepwalker" was a sculpture made by New York artist Tony Matelli (right) for an exhibit at Wellesley, hundreds of students signed petitions to have it moved inside, saying it triggered thoughts of assault. Matelli says he meant to depict a...

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