--- title: Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' Statue Appears in Hollywood description: A golden statue of Harvey Weinstein sitting on his infamous casting couch has popped up near the Hollywood Walk of Fame ahead of the Oscars. canonical: https://time.com/5183007/harvey-weinstein-casting-couch-statue/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-02T17:39:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:03.822Z og:title: Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' Statue Appears in Hollywood og:description: The sculpture debuted ahead of the Oscars og:url: https://time.com/5183007/harvey-weinstein-casting-couch-statue/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dc81bddc1646edc/6989296d656a3f9422bd3b8b/harvey-weinstein-statue.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Gold Harvey Weinstein Casting Couch Statue og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' Statue Appears in Hollywood twitter:description: The sculpture debuted ahead of the Oscars twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1dc81bddc1646edc/6989296d656a3f9422bd3b8b/harvey-weinstein-statue.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Harvey Weinstein 'Casting Couch' Statue Pops Up in Hollywood > Sponsored content. 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A gold sculpture of Harvey Weinstein on his infamous casting couch holding an Oscar is on display in Hollywood, California on March 1, 2018. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 2, 2018 5:39 PM UTC A golden statue of [Harvey Weinstein](http://time.com/5170103/harvey-weinstein-defense-female-celebrities-meryl-streep/) sitting on his infamous casting couch has popped up near the [Hollywood Walk of Fame](http://time.com/5010432/where-is-selena-quintanilla-star-in-hollywood/) ahead of the [90th Annual Academy Awards](http://time.com/5171517/2018-oscar-predictions/). Located at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, the sculpture features the disgraced producer—clothed only in a bathrobe and slippers—reclining on a chaise lounge with an Oscar statuette in hand. The installment, which appeared on Thursday, was created by street artists Plastic Jesus and Joshua “Ginger” Monroe and is intended as a reminder of the[ film industry’s dark underbelly](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/). “For many years the exploitation of many hopefuls and established names in the industry was brushed under the carpet with their complaints of harassment and sexual abuse being ignored or worse,” Plastic Jesus told [_The Hollywood Reporter_](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gold-harvey-weinstein-casting-couch-appears-oscars-venue-1089878?utm%5Fsource=Direct)_._ “Hopefully, now in the light of recent allegations against many leading figures in Hollywood the industry will clean up its act.” Ginger—the artist behind the [naked Donald Trump statues](http://time.com/4458022/donald-trump-nude-statues/) that made waves in 2016—then explained where the idea of posing Weinstein on the couch came from. “The whole couch and the entire image it gives off was to me a visual representation of the practices and methods that are used in Hollywood with these big powerful people,” he said. “They have money and power to give jobs and they use that for their own sexual gratification and there’s no better way to visualize this than the way we did with the casting couch.” Weinstein is facing a number of accusations from various women ranging from sexual assault to rape. 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