5 February 2014
Last updated at 18:56 ET
The artwork, entitled Sleepwalker, depicts a somnambulant in nothing but underwear at Wellesley College.
Nearly 300 people have signed a petition to have the statue removed.
The work, on campus to promote a forthcoming exhibition, is designed to trigger "unexpected new ideas", the college president said.
The sculpture - by New York-based Tony
Matelli - was placed in a busy area of the Wellesley College campus days
before the opening of an exhibition of the artist's work there
Students have reported feelings of apprehension and fear after witnessing the sculpture, and have called for it to be removed.
The artwork "has started an impassioned
conversation about art, gender, sexuality and individual experience",
college president H Kim Bottomly said.
The art exhibition at the college's Davis Museum runs from 6 February to 20 July.
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Nearly 300 people have signed a petition to have the statue removed.
The work, on campus to promote a forthcoming exhibition, is designed to trigger "unexpected new ideas", the college president said.
The sculpture - by New York-based Tony
Matelli - was placed in a busy area of the Wellesley College campus days
before the opening of an exhibition of the artist's work there
Students have reported feelings of apprehension and fear after witnessing the sculpture, and have called for it to be removed.
The artwork "has started an impassioned
conversation about art, gender, sexuality and individual experience",
college president H Kim Bottomly said.
The art exhibition at the college's Davis Museum runs from 6 February to 20 July.
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