## When real life joins the **art** The Merlion becomes a drinking fountain, a pink elephant gets offered a bottle, and a bronze finger finds a nose. Add a ball-playing orca and a dog in a painted suit: these eight photos work because someone joins in. More: **100 Times People Stepped Into the Artwork** * * * ### 💦 A Very Big Drinking Fountain — Singapore 🇸🇬 A visitor lines up with the Merlion’s water jet for an oversized drink. The landmark was built by sculptor Lim Nang Seng, as Visit Singapore records. **💡 Landmark Fact:** The Merlion was designed in 1964 as a tourism logo for Singapore, according to the National Heritage Board. * * * ### 🐘 One for the Elephant — By SCAF The pink elephant appears to break through the wall while a person offers it a bottle. The bottle bridges the gap between the visitor and the painted animal. **💡 Artist Fact:** SCAF is a French artist from Lorraine whose work draws on realism and comic art, with a particular focus on animals and anamorphic illusions, according to Visit Southend’s artist profile. More: **3D Paintings by SCAF** 🔗 Follow **SCAF on Instagram** * * * ### 👆 Right on the Nose A raised bronze finger becomes a very personal greeting. One carefully placed face is all it takes. * * * ### 🐋 Your Turn — By Nikolaj Arndt A beach ball and a waiting player turn Nikolaj Arndt’s painted orca into a partner. The pool stays on the pavement; the game happens in the photo. 🔗 Follow **Nikolaj Arndt on Instagram** * * * ### 👎 Tough Crowd — By CHEONE and Mor Pavone in Nerviano, Italy 🇮🇹 A person on the ground gets a giant thumbs-down. CHEONE and Mor Pavone’s mural in Nerviano turns a low concrete bridge into a frame for the encounter. 🔗 Follow **CHEONE on Instagram** 🔗 Follow **Mor Pavone on Instagram** * * * ### 🎩 Dressed for the Occasion The suit and hat are painted on the gate. The dog supplies the face. * * * ### 👾 Ready for a Rematch — By SCAF A person in a yellow wig squares up to SCAF’s pink creature. The costume carries the cartoon battle off the wall and into the rubble below. 🔗 Follow **SCAF on Instagram** * * * ### 🧻 A Little Help — The Thinker A roll of toilet paper gives Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker a much less philosophical problem. The offer is perfectly placed beneath the statue’s lowered hand. **💡 Sculpture Fact:** The large bronze version of _The Thinker_ was first shown publicly in London in 1904, according to the Musée Rodin’s chronology.