David (inspired by Michelangelo)

David (inspired by Michelangelo) is a sculpture by Turkish conceptual artist Serkan Özkaya.

It is a reproduction of Michelangelo's David made of gold-painted foam, twice the size of the original, and based on a computer model by Stanford University professor Marc Levoy.

[1] It was originally created for the 9th International Istanbul 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 of Eskişehir.

The other was acquired by the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky,[3] and was transported, lying on its side on a truck trailer, into New York City in March 2011 for a presentation at the Storefront for Art and Architecture before continuing on to its permanent location in Louisville.