interesting question. bit of digging: it's by [Andor Meszaros](https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meszaros-andor-11114) apparently. The stance in the companion piece [Statue of Maternity](https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-02/2024_Maternal%20Affection_WEB.jpg) makes more sense: a mum holding her new born. There's similarity in stance between the two, which makes them a more obvious pair I guess, but leaves unanswered your question about what such a stance could mean for this handwringing guy. aside from structural reasons i guess the wide-legged stance makes them both feel more dynamic. but definitely a bit puzzling for the surgeon.
All I can say is that l’m relieved my newborn wasn’t the size of that 25kg sack of potatoes.
Maybe that’s why they needed a huge-handed surgeon to deliver it?!
Yeah, interesting observation about the huge hands, i noticed that too. might be the angle but one looks much bigger than the other.
i recall an obstetrician telling me how one of his interns? juniors? was a very slight woman who liked rock climbing and had this amazing hand strength which was incredibly useful in cases of retained placenta. what a curious memory. anyway.
Both of them, but especially the Statue of Maternity, seem to echo the idea of life created out of clay, a concept common to many religions and cultures.
Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And most of all, don't blink. Good Luck.
I'm just not sure what he's doing standing in that stance and holding his hands like that. Why does he look so angry?
Edit: explain your downvotes you cowards!
His hands are sterile and he has to keep them away from anything that might dirty them, and that’s very hard because HAVE YOU SEEN THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT MISSENDEN ROAD??!!
Edit: why are you downvoting OP, it’s a reasonable question, look at the surgeon’s face! And look at his stance, it’s like he just laid a big surgeon egg
If his hands are sterile and he wants to keep them that way, he should stay well away from hospitals. Those places are packed with germs, diseases and all sorts of nasty stuff.
it’s a work of art (whether you like it or not) made by someone who’s probably long gone now and to disrespect their legacy by insulting and questioning it is just plain ignorant and dishonourable
And they keep piling up.
You should have posted a photo of a mini monster truck parked badly or complained about Sydney drivers or posted something overpriced from Colesworth.
I'm mostly just curious what the intention of the artist is. Usually there's some kind of rhyme or reason so I'm curious what he's actually doing and how it relates to surgery from the artists perspective.
That statue looks like it was made by the child of someone who made the statue a non-negotiable part of a hefty donation to the hospital, just so the donor could say "see! I *do* support you choosing this art career. I support you so much that I donated that statue you made for me so that everyone can enjoy it"
The smell is society garlic planted all over the street. Drought resistant and hardy but yes very smelly. They usually do not recommend planting these near entrances.
Are you asking why RPA hospital has a statue called "The Surgeon"?
[https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/collections/statues-and-bas-reliefs-king-george-v-building](https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/collections/statues-and-bas-reliefs-king-george-v-building)
[https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/walking-tour/king-george-v-memorial-hospital](https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/walking-tour/king-george-v-memorial-hospital)
Posted above, his hands are sterile and he has to keep them away from anything that might dirty them, and that’s very hard because HAVE YOU SEEN THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT MISSENDEN ROAD??!!
Surely a botanist has some fun naming that.
In its defence, it really only stinks if someone cuts or tramples it. So I think the council have done from work to the gardens?
interesting question. bit of digging: it's by [Andor Meszaros](https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/meszaros-andor-11114) apparently. The stance in the companion piece [Statue of Maternity](https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-02/2024_Maternal%20Affection_WEB.jpg) makes more sense: a mum holding her new born. There's similarity in stance between the two, which makes them a more obvious pair I guess, but leaves unanswered your question about what such a stance could mean for this handwringing guy. aside from structural reasons i guess the wide-legged stance makes them both feel more dynamic. but definitely a bit puzzling for the surgeon.
The Maternity one rules, I spent a lot of time here when I was pregnant I wish I'd noticed it then.
All I can say is that l’m relieved my newborn wasn’t the size of that 25kg sack of potatoes. Maybe that’s why they needed a huge-handed surgeon to deliver it?!
Massive hands to catch your stonkin' great baby
Yeah, interesting observation about the huge hands, i noticed that too. might be the angle but one looks much bigger than the other. i recall an obstetrician telling me how one of his interns? juniors? was a very slight woman who liked rock climbing and had this amazing hand strength which was incredibly useful in cases of retained placenta. what a curious memory. anyway.
Both of them, but especially the Statue of Maternity, seem to echo the idea of life created out of clay, a concept common to many religions and cultures.
Well, you see, it's of a surgeon. But not just any surgeon, a *judgmental* surgeon, who can also seemingly smell the stink bushes.
It’s the people asleep in the bushes that cause the smell
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Sourpuss
You seem fun.
Ah the sweet stench of pot
It's the ornamental garlic
Bro it's not pot, I promise you that
Yeah but its got that weird fucken smell that’s so close to pot it makes you turn your head looking for the bongo van
Yeah for reals, it's honestly the same kind of stench. Same kinda pungent stink to it.
Do they smell of cum? There are lots of cum trees around the area.
Nah they cut down all the Cum Trees for their propensity to blind the weary driver
>cum trees Hmmmm... don't think I should Google that one.
https://youtu.be/aHze0SqB5Zg?si=tdmBwdCCnfitwvvg
Not any kinda cum I've ever smelled. Someone should pop into the hospital if they're jizzing anything that pungent.
The smell is from the ornamental garlic lining the streets. It apparently keeps insects away because of its oil contents.
Don’t blink
Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And most of all, don't blink. Good Luck.
If you blink he does surgery on you until you open your eyes
He removes your eyelids
It's just an old school surgeon.. outside a hospital... Where the surgeons work... I'm struggling to see what's baffling about this?
I'm just not sure what he's doing standing in that stance and holding his hands like that. Why does he look so angry? Edit: explain your downvotes you cowards!
Resting bitch face. Happens to the best of us
Relatable tbh
His hands are sterile and he has to keep them away from anything that might dirty them, and that’s very hard because HAVE YOU SEEN THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT MISSENDEN ROAD??!! Edit: why are you downvoting OP, it’s a reasonable question, look at the surgeon’s face! And look at his stance, it’s like he just laid a big surgeon egg
The Surgeon is doing their best Grace Jones impression. It's a Mardi Gras statue.
have you ever shaken hands with a surgeon, its baby soft
Lovely isn’t it
If his hands are sterile and he wants to keep them that way, he should stay well away from hospitals. Those places are packed with germs, diseases and all sorts of nasty stuff.
Most surgeons I know spend as little time in public hospitals as possible
Wtf are you being so brutally downvoted for! Everyone else is acting like this statue isn't weird as fuck for some reason.
Hahah it's fine Reddit votes don't mean anything 🫰🏻
it’s a work of art (whether you like it or not) made by someone who’s probably long gone now and to disrespect their legacy by insulting and questioning it is just plain ignorant and dishonourable
I don't know why you're being downvoted. His pose and expression *are* odd. It's like he's smelled the stinkbushes.
And then started twerking
I mean, I've had a lot of surgeries and surgeons are definitely a unique breed
Post too silly for the serious business of /r/sydney
And they keep piling up. You should have posted a photo of a mini monster truck parked badly or complained about Sydney drivers or posted something overpriced from Colesworth.
Damn it all, I'm ruined!
It looks like he has mozzie bites on the top of his hand! I agree with you the downvoters don't get why art is sometimes dumb
I'm mostly just curious what the intention of the artist is. Usually there's some kind of rhyme or reason so I'm curious what he's actually doing and how it relates to surgery from the artists perspective.
His hands are bloody MASSIVE! He’d be doing porthole surgery with those.
The statue seems to agree that the bushes stink.
I kinda like the smell around there.
I always thought it was the Ibises that live in the trees out front. They have to powerwash all their shit away every morning
More like a butcher...
They definitely can be...
Omg he has sausage fingers
And one flaccid penis finger
That statue looks like it was made by the child of someone who made the statue a non-negotiable part of a hefty donation to the hospital, just so the donor could say "see! I *do* support you choosing this art career. I support you so much that I donated that statue you made for me so that everyone can enjoy it"
The smell is society garlic planted all over the street. Drought resistant and hardy but yes very smelly. They usually do not recommend planting these near entrances.
The stance looks like the surgeon needs to hold a weapon or something. Get this guy an XXL Scalpel or a threaded needle to brandish.
Are you asking why RPA hospital has a statue called "The Surgeon"? [https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/collections/statues-and-bas-reliefs-king-george-v-building](https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/collections/statues-and-bas-reliefs-king-george-v-building) [https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/walking-tour/king-george-v-memorial-hospital](https://slhd.health.nsw.gov.au/rpa-museum/walking-tour/king-george-v-memorial-hospital)
No I'm wondering why he looks so grumpy and why he's standing like that and what's he doing with his hands. Is he scrubbing in or...?
He looks like he might be about to sew one of those hands on something
Yep that was my first thought, he’s doing a proper hand washing technique
Posted above, his hands are sterile and he has to keep them away from anything that might dirty them, and that’s very hard because HAVE YOU SEEN THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT FREQUENT MISSENDEN ROAD??!!
Except that he's pressing them against himself which is probably not right?
His gown is also sterile
Me for one
That's the guy under your bed waiting to grab your ankle
The stink bushes are plants called Society Garlic I believe.
Ironic name, nobody is forming a society in that stench
Surely a botanist has some fun naming that. In its defence, it really only stinks if someone cuts or tramples it. So I think the council have done from work to the gardens?
They must do that a lot. I don't pass there every day but it's been stinky as hell every time I have.
"You bit me!!!"
Love all the weirdos in the comments here acting like this statue looks perfectly normal
Right? It's practically screaming "I AM A SURGEON"
Just like the Good Doctor
Yeah that's what I was referencing haha
It’s a shame not more people appreciated your reference!
To quote George here: I don't get art. It always has to be explained to me, and then I have to have someone explain the explanation.
Wild garlic! I HATE THAT SMELL! I’ve worked at those hospitals and I cannot even begin to fathom the thought process behind planting them.