New York, artist who disguises himself as Bosch's monster goes viral

The disguise of U.S. artist Rae Swon, who wanders around the New York subway wearing a costume inspired by one of the monsters included by Hieronymus Bosch (’s-Hertogenbosch, 1453 - 1516) in one of his most important paintings, the Triptych of the Temptations of St. Anthony now housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Lisbon, Portugal, has gone viral. The monster is the strange bird on skates that appears at the bottom in the left side compartment.Rae Swon made the costume herself that reproduces the Renaissance painter’s demon and wore it, arousing the curiosity of thousands of people online.

The artist is in the habit of creating bizarre costumes that she then sells on her Etsy account-the garments are all patiently created by hand. The “Bosch-inspired Halloween costume” (that’s how she very simply titled it) was also for sale, but it has already found a buyer, who made it his for the sum of $475. The work is made of fabric, paper, paint, a ball, a stick and a funnel, and Rae Swon advises buyers to also wear a sweater or pillow to simulate the hump of the bizarre animal. No detail is missing: the beak, the funnel-shaped hat, the branches, the ball dangling from the branches, even the scroll.

Online success came thanks to a tweet by another artist, Alexis Moore, who shared images of Rae Swon while wearing the costume on the bird’s social, garnering an impressive 14,000 likes, nearly 5,000 shares, and passage in a number of news outlets such as Hyperallergic and The Huffington Post.

New York, artist who disguises himself as Bosch's monster goes viral

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