Editing Living statue (section)

==Contemporary use==

Contemporary performances are commonly on-the-street [[busking]] but may also be at events where the artist is paid. A living statue attraction, as a performance, is the artist's ability to stand motionless and occasionally come to life to comic or startling effect.{{cn|date=February 2023}} These performers, also known as human statues,<ref>{{cite web | last=McNeill | first=Sam | title=Living statues: The challenge of stillness | website=Upstart | date=8 December 2022 | url=https://www.upstart.net.au/living-statues-and-the-challenge-of-stillness/ | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> are often completely covered in paint, often gold or silver in colour.<ref name=busking>{{cite web | title=How to make a human statue costume for street performing | website=The Busking Project | date=28 November 2016 | url=https://busk.co/blog/busking-tips-tricks/make-human-statue-costume/ | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>

Australian artist [[Andrew Baines]] is known for his artworks using living people, often used to convey a social message.<ref name=keane2023>{{cite web | last=Keane | first=Daniel | title=Homelessness is highlighted with body paint during public art display featuring AFLW star Erin Phillips  | website=ABC News| date=28 January 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-28/aflw-erin-phillips-highlights-homelessness-in-body-paint-art/101902722 | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>

Phil Genoux was  one of the earliest known artists to do living statue as street performance, starting in London in 1988. 
Here he is featured on possibly the first current affairs TV footage of living statue as street performance ever aired, on Amsterdam TV in 1989.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDfH6Jq0Ov4