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A weird sculpture of Rachel Reeves has been mocked on-line, with one critic describing the paintings as “infinitely more useful”. An picture of the piece was posted on Instagram by the portrait artist, Wilfrid Wood, on Tuesday (April 14).

Made of plasticine, the bust of the Chancellor is a part of an exhibition from the Society of Portrait Sculptors on present at Chelsea Barracks in London. The piece provoked a spread of reactions amongst Instagram customers. One, commenting from an account titled david_f_brown, quipped: “Infinitely more useful”.

Another, gmansmitters, reacted with shock, saying: “Christ on a bike”. A 3rd, peter_dawes_ wrote: “Looks like Morph’s girlfriend”, referring to the plasticine youngsters’s TV character.

Others praised the work, hailing it as “magnificent”, “brilliant” and “so good”.

The work additionally obtained a combined response on X, the place Faith333 stated it made them chuckle “a lot”.

Fellow X consumer, martin, tweeted: “I still recognised her… It’s very accurate”.

Others prompt that for them the sculpture regarded extra like Richard III or Ringo Starr from The Beatles.

London-based Wood isn’t any stranger to portrayals of British politicians, having constructed latex heads for the TV satire, Spitting Image.

He has beforehand exhibited on the Copeland Gallery, Somerset House and the Royal Academy, amongst others.

His Instagram account @wilfirdwoodsculptor has 120,000 followers and contains an introductory line which reads: “Politely upsetting people”.

The Society of Portrait Sculptors is a bunch of sculptors who wish to make such work extra accessible to the general public.

Its 62nd exhibition is on at The Garrison Chapel at Chelsea Barracks till April 23.