Howdy folks and greetings from the Great Plains of North Texas!
While I was trying to find information about a famous water fountain/sculpture in Japan I kept seeing fascinating sculptures. So many that I decided to do a post on those as well.
Mrs. J showed me this on one facebook which started my search just out of curiosity because it was so striking:
This went viral on facebook with 50 million views and was labeled as a fabulous new fountain in Japan but it's not really a fountain at all, it's a digital image by American artist Chad Knight. Kind of shows you how easy it is to be deceived.
But here are some great sculptures from around the world that ARE real:
This one is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. I think it's called "Break Through." The artist says this is meant for all mankind because "we are all struggling to break free from the molds that bind us." That may be a true statement for some. Not for me personally but maybe I'm an anomaly.
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I don't know if this one has any special meaning but it's in Romania and is super cool:
This somber statue represents all who were imprisoned and killed during the harsh communist regime in Poland for many years. This is in Wroclaw.
This is a fun one in Taiwan:
This is an interesting one in New York city called "Expansion" by artist Paige Bradley. Since the figure is in a meditative pose I assume she is expanding her consciousness?
This one is so fun, looks like a bunch of kids actually jumping into the river. This is in Singapore and made by artist Chong Fah Cheong.
Another serious one, this simple but powerful sculpture in located in Budapest, Hungary and was created by Can Togay & Gyula Pauer.
It remembers the Jews killed by the fascist leaders during World War II. The shoes symbolize the victims who were forced to take off their shoes before being shot at the water’s edge. Horrible.
This is a fun one in London. I don't know if it has any meaning and couldn't find anything out about it but it's pretty cool. Reminds me of the Tom Cruise movie "War Of The Worlds."
Ha! This is the Salmon sculpture on Salmon Street in Portland, Oregon. I have no idea why, maybe just because!
These beautiful horseheads are in Grangemouth, UK. Look at the size of those things.
This is a fascinating one in Brussels, Belgium. It's supposed to represent the power struggle between classes by showing a man coming from the sewers and tripping up an authority figure. I don't know, I just think it's a clever sculpture.
Very simple but unique sculpture of Nelson Mandela in South Africa.
This is in intriguing. This is in Marseilles, France by artist Bruno Catalan. He does alot of sculptures of working people missing big sections of their body. I'm no artist but this may symbolize the hollowness of just being a cog in the Man's machine?
Oh this is a fun one! This is in Klaipeda, Lithuania. I don't know if it has a specific message but I think it would freak people out at night!
This is perfect. This is supposed to be a politician in Reykjavik, Iceland. lol. No more words needed.
This is another clever one, this is in Bratislava, Slovakia. I guess after it got hit by several cars running into it(and it was undamaged by the way) they put up a sign saying " Man at work." lol.
This is a great one but might freak some people out momentarily. This is in Prague, Czech Republic where this guy hangs out.
I saved one of the best for last. This is called Mustangs By Robert Glen, Las Colinas, Texas, USA. I love the way they have the water shooting up to make it look like they're running through it.
The creativity of artists is always impressive to me and the way they can inspire, memorialize or simply make us wonder in amazement.
I hope you enjoyed these unusual masterpieces.
-jonboy
Texas
