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Top 10 Most Amazing Sculptures From Around The World
All around the world, in almost any city or town, you can find many monuments, sculptures
and statues displayed in parks, squares or other places.
These public artworks represent different things, but most usually they are monuments
dedicated to fallen heroes, distinguished individuals or represent some significant
part of the history.
But some of them are pure art, representing their artist’s inspiration and message.
Among all these pieces of art scattered all around of world there are some that stand
out with their uniqueness, individuality and message.
Although it is very hard to pick only 10 out of them, we tried to create this list of our
favorite totally amazing sculptures from around the world.
Take a look and feel free to add your favorite statue or sculpture in the comments.
1.
Dancing With Dandelion By Robin Wight, Uk Robin Wight, a UK sculptor, creates this mind
blowing sculptures of wind blown fairies clutching dandelions.
He is using stainless still wire and makes them so they seem to be suspended in midair
or clinging to trees.
Currently you can see the sculptures at the Trentham Gardens.
What is cool is that you can make one of them on your own as the artist sells DIY wire sculpting
kits on his website.
2.
Memorial to Nelson Mandela, South Africa 50 steel columns representing, representing
the 50 years since his arrest and political persecution, are forming Nelson Mandela‘s
profile.
Although you can see his likeness only from a certain angle, this sculpture is still pretty
amazing.
The sculpture was created by Marco Cianfanelli and it is is installed in the town of Howick,
South Africa where Mandela was arrested.
3.
Metalmorphosis, Charlotte, North Carolina Ok, this is actually a fountain but it is
so amazing it totally deserves a spot on our list.
Czech sculptor David Černý is the artist behind this magnificent mirrored water fountain
that was constructed at the Whitehall Technology Park in Charlotte, NC.
Made from massive stainless steel layers that rotate 360 degrees and occasionally align
to create a massive head, the sculpture weighs 14 tons!
4.
The Mustangs of Las Colinas, Texas, USA These bronze horses are huge!
Don’t be fooled by the photograph as they are 1 and a half times bigger than real horses.
It is the largest group of sculptured horses ever built and there are fountains built into
their feet which shoot out water in such a way as to create the impression that they’re
galloping through a river.
5.
Colossus, Florence, Italy Italian sculptor Giambologna built this mountain
god in the late 1500’s.
The statue is 35 feet tall and stands in Florence, Italy.
Giambologna built the statue, named Appennino, as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Appenine mountains.
What is interesting about this statue is that it hides several rooms with different functions
that made this colossus come to life.
6.
People of the River, Singapore If you visit Singapore you will surely take
a stroll along the Singapore river.
Taking this walk is important in order to understand Singapore’s history and the People
of the River statue series helps you to do just that.
Chong Fah Cheong is the creator of these statues that seem like they are alive.
One of the most striking among them is a frozen-motion sculpture of five boys diving off to go for
a swim in the river.
You can find it right on the historical Cavenagh Bridge‘s left side.
7.
Expansion by Paige Bradley, New York, USA This striking modern statue by Paige Bradley
is meant to bring together the liberate and contained, meant to intrigue and provoke.
Here is the author’s story behind this intriguing piece: “I conceived this piece when I first
moved to Manhattan.
I was a bit startled by the power of the curators and the critics and how they all had an anti-figure
slant on what they deemed show-worthy.
I took a perfectly good wax sculpture – a piece I had sculpted with precision over several
months – an image of a woman meditating in the lotus position, and just dropped it
on the floor.
I destroyed what I made.
I was letting it all go.
It was scary.
It shattered into so many pieces.
My first feeling was, ‘What have I done!?!’
Then, I trusted it would all come together like I envisioned”.
8.
Les Voyageurs, Marseilles, France Bruno Catalano is the artist behind these
imperfectly perfect bronze statues named called “Les Voyageurs” and located in Marseilles.
They present realistic human workers but with large parts of their bodies missing which
makes them very unique.
The sculptures were put on display in Marseilles to celebrate its position as the 2013 European
Capital
of Culture.
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