"I'm all for any sort of innovations in modern art. But this does seem to me to be unacceptable. It looks absolutely hideous." Merlin Holland critiques the Oscar Wilde sculpture, highlighting its failure to represent the playwright's wit.
"It looks nothing like Wilde and fails to convey anything of the wit and brilliance of one of the greatest playwrights in the English language." Holland stresses the sculpture's inability to reflect Wilde's spirit and legacy.
"The sculpture is so gloomy that anyone who encounters it is more likely to think of Wilde's tragic end than the joy of his writing." Holland laments how the artwork misrepresents Wilde's life and works.
"It seems to say here is a monument to a man whom society decapitated. How do we want to remember him? Amusing, entertaining, engaging?" Holland reflects on the symbolism of the sculpture and its implications for Wilde's memory.
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