{"id":12496,"date":"2026-07-21T11:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12496"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:16:29","slug":"artist-who-made-life-sized-charlie-kirk-sculpture-says-he-has-no-buyers-but-people-told-him-they-want-to-urinate-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12496","title":{"rendered":"Artist Who Made Life-Sized Charlie Kirk Sculpture Says He Has No Buyers, But People Told Him They Want to Urinate On It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5620079\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5620079\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5620079\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AP24358110277049-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5620079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexandra Buxbaum\/Sipa USA via AP Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A sculptor who spent $100,000 to make a life-sized statue of the late conservative influencer <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong> said he has no takers for the work, but multiple people have told him that they would like to urinate on it.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/breaking-charlie-kirk-has-died-after-being-shot-in-the-neck-in-utah\/\">assassinated<\/a> in September 2025 while speaking at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sergio Furnari<\/strong>, an Italian-born New York artist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/20\/sculptor-charlie-kirk-statue-new-york\">told the Guardian<\/a> he spent $100,000 of his own money making the statue, which depicts Kirk as he was before he was killed with a single bullet to the neck: sitting down while holding a microphone and wearing a shirt that says &#8220;FREEDOM.&#8221; Furnari said the bulk of the money was spent on steel, resin, and labor.<\/p>\n<p>While working on the statue, Furnari broke his foot after he tripped over a roll of tape in his studio.<\/p>\n<p>He said he believed that some wealthy individual would buy the figure. But, to add insult to literal injury, he has had no takers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was thinking that it was going to resonate with the world, with whoever, but man, people are strange out there,\u201d Furnari said. \u201cMeaning like, nobody is really coming up with support, especially financial support. So far I\u2019ve spent all my money on this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he said, he received a flood of messages from people saying they wanted to pee on the statue.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Furnari said he did not even like Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t a fan of Charlie,\u201d he told the Guardian. \u201cLike one thing that I couldn\u2019t stand about him while he was alive [was] when he was talking about Palestine. [Kirk would say]: \u2018Oh no, Palestine doesn\u2019t exist.\u2019 I thought: \u2018Well, this guy must be out of his mind.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furnari said his financial situation is an &#8220;absolute nightmare&#8221; after spending $100,000 on his project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People are cheap, man,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You know, people talk, talk \u2013 I know lots of people out there, and everybody\u2019s so cheap. You know, like, it\u2019s disgusting how cheap they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tyler Robinson<\/strong>, 23, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/07\/11\/us\/charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-hearing-takeaways\">charged<\/a> with murdering Kirk. So far, he has not entered a plea in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/artist-who-made-life-sized-charlie-kirk-sculpture-says-he-has-no-buyers-but-people-told-him-they-want-to-urinate-on-it\/\">Artist Who Made Life-Sized Charlie Kirk Sculpture Says He Has No Buyers, But People Told Him They Want to Urinate On It<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Buxbaum\/Sipa USA via AP Images A sculptor who spent $100,000 to make a life-sized statue of the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk said he has no takers for the work, but multiple people have told him that they would like to urinate on it. 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