Even the Museum Statue Wants to Clock Out

Create exactly one original surreal editorial illustration, portrait 3:4. In a quiet museum, a small classical-looking marble figure of an ordinary adult worker stretches both arms wide and yawns inside a tall glass display case. Instead of breaking, the transparent case swells outward into a huge rounded balloon-like shape wherever the stone hands press against it; its rigid metal base remains square. A tiny museum attendant outside stares up while holding a feather duster. Make the bulging transparent walls, compressed reflections and visible marble palms establish one strong physical joke. The inflated case occupies most of the picture. Precise restrained drawing, dry gouache on textured ivory paper, dusty blue museum walls and ochre floor, bright glass edges. No famous statue likeness, labels, lettering, logos or watermark. One original artwork.