{"id":10317,"date":"2025-07-07T05:07:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/phallic-art-sculpture-that-squirts-water-on-passersby-shocks-crowd-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T05:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:07:26","slug":"phallic-art-sculpture-that-squirts-water-on-passersby-shocks-crowd-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/phallic-art-sculpture-that-squirts-water-on-passersby-shocks-crowd-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Phallic Art Sculpture That Squirts Water on Passersby Shocks Crowd in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">New York City<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Empire State of Mind is Full of Penises &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">New Art Piece Draws Shocked Crowd<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-07-06T17:18:35-07:00\">July 6, 2025 5:18 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-320e1dd8d4dcad18bcaf509865381216\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b205650b-78e5-485d-8e0a-a5e8d18347cb-708033459-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-b205650b-78e5-485d-8e0a-a5e8d18347cb-708033459-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e3\/16by9\/2025\/07\/06\/e39453a92ae14b939b61b7b4757f5080_md.jpg\" alt=\"070625_nyc_art_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-320e1dd8d4dcad18bcaf509865381216--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6b7fb7e86c58e8895308e97e57076284\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A picture might be worth a thousand words, but this statue in New York City will leave ya speechless &#8230; &#8217;cause while it&#8217;s apparently a leg that&#8217;s not what many are seeing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6b7fb7e86c58e8895308e97e57076284--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-634f75829148746583db5f3f2fb96afb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>&#8220;Foot Fountain,&#8221; a new 10-foot-tall art installation, was erected in Manhattan&#8217;s High Line Park recently. It&#8217;s a pink leg &#8212; cut off around the knee &#8212; brimming with tongues and ending in a giant foot with red toenails.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-634f75829148746583db5f3f2fb96afb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9825679a13c526b5667da2258e22ccbc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>There&#8217;s a contraption nearby people can pedal that seems to make the top of the sculpture squirt &#8230; no, we&#8217;re not making this up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9825679a13c526b5667da2258e22ccbc--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-59f75f674dfc64005b1875cbbe68eb93\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It looks a lot like &#8230; well, let&#8217;s just say they were right about what big feet equal in this case, if you catch our drift &#8212; and, many who walked past it couldn&#8217;t help but stop and gawk at it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-59f75f674dfc64005b1875cbbe68eb93--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7c6ca0f1f48d378fb6fd7eb8b2a3016d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250706_a480c8a23a2a48759c970f683bf0e4b0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ec1a220d-5691-4213-abb3-f46af1de6e63\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a4\/4by3\/2025\/07\/06\/a480c8a23a2a48759c970f683bf0e4b0_md.jpg\" alt=\"070625-nyc-art-viewer\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7c6ca0f1f48d378fb6fd7eb8b2a3016d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0afdfbb9a818343e04269f3f02485204\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Watch the clip for yourself &#8230; people in the park are clearly awestruck by the size of the thing &#8212; taking videos of the new fixture which is supposed to stay in the park until May 2026.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0afdfbb9a818343e04269f3f02485204--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-52d923da0e71a4affa54d45d0bd680bf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Mika Rottenberg<\/strong> &#8212; a world-renowned artist &#8212; came up with concept &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehighline.org\/art\/projects\/foot-fountain-pink\"><strong>revealing<\/strong><\/a> it was originally intended as an irrigation fountain for flowers. Now, she says, it will be used to keep New Yorkers cool on hot summer days.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-52d923da0e71a4affa54d45d0bd680bf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2cbf7a65e4bdb5089343b5eda97eaf48\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>So if you&#8217;re in NYC, stop by the park and pump those legs &#8230; &#8217;cause if ya pedal hard enough, this statue might just be ready to explode all over you!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2cbf7a65e4bdb5089343b5eda97eaf48--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/06\/phallic-sculpture-new-york-city-shocks-park\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Empire State of Mind is Full of Penises &#8230; New Art Piece Draws Shocked Crowd Published July 6, 2025 5:18 PM PDT Play video content TMZ.com A picture might be worth a thousand words, but this statue in New York City will leave ya speechless &#8230; &#8217;cause while it&#8217;s apparently a leg [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/phallic-art-sculpture-that-squirts-water-on-passersby-shocks-crowd-in-nyc\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-10317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10317"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reaction?post=10317"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=10317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}