Mann und Maus
Apr 18, 2017
The guard in the doorway of this room at the Seattle Art Museum said children smile and wiggle with excitement when they see this big mouse, about eight feet tall (photographer included for scale). There's a giant mouse in the house!
But then the kids get a little closer and, um, uh. As seen below, the giant mouse isn't just in the house, he's in the bed. And there's a man in the bed, a life-sized man–but a life-sized man looks pretty puny when a giant mouse is walking all over him.
The guard says kids tend to back away when they realize what they're looking at. Some hide their faces and seem close to tears.
Adults, on the other hand, just keep on looking. What's to be scared of? Sticks and stones can break my bones, but art can never hurt me.
The sculptor is Katharina Fritsch, of Düsseldorf, Germany.
