David (inspired by Michelangelo) is a sculpture by Turkish conceptual artistSerkan Özkaya. It is a reproduction ofMichelangelo'sDavid made of gold-painted foam, twice the size of the original, and based on a computer model byStanford University professorMarc Levoy.[1] It was originally created for the 9th InternationalIstanbul Biennial in 2005, and took six people six months to build, but it collapsed during installation.[2]
The statue was restored and two copies were cast at a workshop in the Turkish city ofEskişehir. One of them will be displayed at a park in Eskişehir. The other was acquired by the21c Museum Hotel inLouisville, Kentucky,[3] and was transported, lying on its side on a truck trailer, intoNew York City in March 2011 for a presentation at theStorefront for Art and Architecture before continuing on to its permanent location in Louisville.[4][5][6]
The sculpture is a subject of a 2010 film by Danila Cahen,Friendly Enemies, and of a 2011 book,Rise and Fall and Rise of David (inspired by Michelangelo).[citation needed]
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