A 5-meter hand with a human face scares New Zealand | Chronic

Since being installed at the top of an art gallery in the city of Wellington, New Zealand, a 5 meter hand structure called "Quasi" The inhabitants live in fear.

The work, which weighs 400 kilos and has a human face, was performed by the neoselandéz artist Ronnie Van Hout in 2016 to commemorate the Christchurch earthquake that shook the South Island of New Zealand in 2011.

However, while "Lived" on the "Christchurch Art Gallery", It was a subject of controversy among the local population. They even published a manifesto in a local media explaining "The ten reasons why Quasi should leave."

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It was then that the structure was transferred on Monday by helicopter to the neolanderza capital of Wellington and must remain there for at least three years. Whatever the case may be, this approach does not please citizens who have come together via social networks to express their rejection of the giant hand.

In fact, many consider that the face of the structure is similar to that of the President of the United States, Donald Trump. Similarly, from the art gallery, they denied the rumor: "The giant hybrid hand is based on the badysis of the body parts of the artist", established on their website.

The institution also said that sculpture "It's also a nod to Quasimodo, the hunter misrepresented in the 1831 novel of Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Distorted and misunderstood, he was hated by people but eventually saved them. Despite his ugliness, he turned out to be a great tragic and romantic hero, a beautiful soul. "