Artist Unknown Medium Fiberglass Location New Orleans, Louisiana Subject Pikachu | Type Sculpture Dimensions 1.5 m (5 ft) Created 31 July 2016 Year 2016 | |
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Similar Coliseum Square, Audubon Zoo, Audubon Butterfly Garden a, Aquarium of the Americas, Smoothie King Center | ||
Making pikachu by sculpture studios
Pikachu, also known as the Pokemonument, was an outdoor 2016 fiberglass sculpture depicting the Pokémon species of the same name by an unknown artist, installed in Lower Garden District, New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana.
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Pikachu sculpture
Description and history
The 5-foot (1.5 m) statue was erected as an apparent tribute to Pokémon Go on July 31, 2016, in a decommissioned fountain along Terpsichore Street, near Coliseum Square in New Orleans' Lower Garden District. The artist wrote '#pokemonument' in concrete near the work's base.
Within a few days, the sculpture was vandalized by someone with a baseball bat. It was repaired. Some two weeks after its placement, the "Pokemonument" was removed, and a statement by the anon artist placed online saying the artwork would be auctioned to benefit restoration of the park's fountains.