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Among the masterpieces of sculpture around the world across a rather unusual work. Some of them wanders so many legends and rumors that sometimes it seems that these statues are alive. In this collection you will learn about the most bizarre and funny statues in the world. "Totem", Leuven, Belgium

The monument was erected in honor of the 575 th anniversary of the Catholic University of Louvain. The author of "Totem" - Belgian sculptor and artist Jan Fabre, with unusual sculpture is a giant beetle, "planted" in the nearly 25-meter needle, which should symbolize, according to the Fabre, "the spirit of university research and the city».





"Eater children", Bern, Switzerland

This seemingly eerie name is an old fountain located in the Swiss city of Bern. According to some reports, the sculpture was created in the XVI-th century, but who raised her and why, this is not entirely clear. According to popular belief, "Eater" appeared on the streets of the city during one of carnivals to frighten small children.



Author sculptures in the form of a huge white head - a popular Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. The sculpture, entitled "Dream" height of about 20 m was built at the request of the City Council of the English town of St Helens in 2009 year, as explained by the representative of the city, "to reflect the aspirations of the local community».
"Dream", St Helens, United Kingdom

By the way, like a sculpture of a head of 14-year-old girl with her eyes closed, but slightly smaller than the statue in England, Jaume Plensa installed on one of the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.



"The Hand of the Desert", Atacama, Chile

Giant fingers, as if to dig out the sand of the desert, to let out the rest of the body (based on the size of the hand, it must be a real giant), invented and implemented the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrasabal.

Two similar monument authored by Mario, is a huge hand, there is also in the United States and Uruguay.



"Ozimandis on the plains", Texas, USA

This strange graven image, or rather, only two legs appeared in Texas at the whim of an eccentric American millionaire Stanley Marsh 3 rd (just over three Arab - Stanley does not like to use Roman numerals) in 1997, the year.

In monument concluded deep philosophical meaning: the idea was inspired by a poem of one of the greatest English poets XIX-th century Percy Shelley "Ozimandis", which tells about the meaninglessness of erecting monuments.

Humorous plaque mounted on the monument says that Shelley wrote a poem on this very spot after seeing these "ruins", which, of course, can not be true, as the carved image of at least 20 years of age.

The author of "Ozimandisa" - the artist Lighting Macduff, and "socks" on the feet later've added the unknown pranksters.



"Mother" (fr. «Maman»), Ottawa, Ontario (and not only)

Sculpture authored by Louise Bourgeois, the famous American sculptor and artist of French origin, is composed of a 9-meter bronze spider and a 26-marble spider eggs. The first such monument (and there are a whole series) appeared in 1999, in the Tate Museum of Modern Art - British contemporary art gallery.

"These spiders are dedicated to my mother. My mother was a weaver, our family is engaged in the creation and restoration of tapestries. Like spiders, my mother was very smart, she always helped me and protected as spiders help destroy harmful insects. The mother was my best friend, "- says the artist.



"Mazinger Z", Mas del Plata, Spain

"Mazinger Z", if someone does not know - is a popular Japanese comics and cartoons about fighting robots, were born back in 1972, by the artist Go Nagai. Comics had a marked effect on the "Transformers" and "Power Rangers", not to mention countless other films, books and cartoons.

Fans' Mechs "live all over the world, they were found in the Spanish Catalonia: in a newly built village of Mas del Plata enthusiasts in 1978 erected a 12-foot statue (by the way, the original robot must be 18 m in height) Moreover, the construction of Mas del Plata was never completed due to lack of funding, and "Mazinger Z" still stands today, attracting thousands of fans of anime and manga from around the world. "Fighting robots" won?



"Tarasque", Tarascon, France

According to legend, Tarasque was a monstrous creature - a hybrid of a bear, the dragon and the tortoise. This monster many centuries ago terrorized a small village Nerluk, until, finally, a kind and gentle heart, country girl in March failed to tame the monster and bring it to the villagers, who, of course, immediately dealt with it, but after that the village was named in memory of murdered terrible beast, and Martha was named Holy.

In honor of this momentous event sculptor Pascal Demomon in 2005 was erected a statue depicting, as presumably could look like the legendary Tarasque. Each year about "monsters" to hold the celebrations dedicated to the monster, which gave the city its name.



"Omar Mickey", Boston, Massachusetts, USA

It is very strange two-meter creation of the artist Briana Roulet came to light as part of a project funded by «The Walt Disney Company». 75 artists presented their vision of the famous Disney characters Mickey Mouse, setting in several cities in the United States of his sculptures, with sculptures were to reflect the characteristics of a particular locality.

Probably nothing associated with Boston, except seafood, the artist could not remember, so I just decided to join Mickey Mouse and lobster in a single sculptural entity.



"Posankka" (or "Utkosvin" in Finnish «Posankka»), Turku, Finland

The original monument, which is a cross between a duck and pig, was designed by Finnish artist Alvar Gullihsen. Funny statue was born in 1999 and was originally floated by the river Aura, and in 2001, the year it set up on a pedestal near the campus of the University of Turku. According to Alvar, sculpture symbolizes the critical approach to modern genetic engineering.

By the way, not all the locals refer to the monument is positive, considering it too geeky.



Source: pervakov.livejournal.com