By
NicoleBorland, Diply
Sculptures, statues, and public art, they're
integral to and definitive of a particular city. The visual creativity a
city decides to display on their street is usually one of its biggest
claims to fame. Public art contributes to the beauty, desirability, and
overall livability of a city while also helping promote it as a tourist
attraction.
[post_ads]Some cities have a much better understanding of this
concept but generally, more and more, small and large cities are getting
into the public art, creative game. To see the breadth and depth of
this practice I've put together a list of some of the most beautiful and
creative sculptures from around the world. Let's take a look at how
creativity has manifested itself for years upon years in so many
different places.
1. Awakening in Prince George's County, Maryland
This was created by J.
Seward Jr., first in East Potomac Park in Washington D.C. before being
moved to the National Harbor resort in Maryland. The giant is 21 meters
high and appears to be struggling to get up from the ground.
2. The Shoes on the Danube Bank in Budapest, Hungary
This memorial was conceived
of by film director Can Togay with sculptor Gyula Pauer to commemorate
the Jewish people killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in WWII. The
men were ordered to take off their shoes and they were then shot so
their bodies would fall into the water (leaving their shoes on the
bank). Therefore, the sculpture honors the men in the face of this
terrible act.
3. Franz Kafka Monument, Prague, Czech Republic
This statue was erected to
commemorate one of the most influential and experimental authors of the
20th century. Placed directly in the square under his home window, Kafka
walked about this area every day of his life.
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4. Expansion, pictured here in New York City
5. Love, Burning Man, USA
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6. Bus Home is located in the city of Ventura, California
This sculpture, by artist
Margaret Hammon, is located at a major bus transfer area in the city.
Built in 2002, it was the product of a contest to make a very unique and
creative public bus shelter in the city.
7. The Monument to the Anonymous Passerby in Wroclaw, Poland
This monument was made in
2006 to honor those imprisoned, who disappeared, or who got "sucked
underground" during the Communist regime.
8. Man Hanging Out in Prague, Czech Republic
In the city of Prague, in
between an intricate network of streets we find a sculpture of man
hanging from a pole a few stories above. Made in 1996, the sculpture
depicts Sigmund Freud and it's meant to communicate the lengths
intellectuals have had to go to over this past century.
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9. Maman in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
This enormous sculpture of a
spider outside the National Gallery of Canada has intrigued (and
frightened) viewers for many years. Completed by Louise Bourgeois, a
prolific artist throughout over 8 decades, it brings to us a creature
depicting motherhood in the nation's capital due to the eggs she carries
underneath. She really is quite the sight, I highly suggest checking
her out!
10. Popped Up in Budapest, Hungary
Artist Ervin Loránth Hervé
created this awe-inspiring sculpture of a gigantic man climbing out of
the ground. It sits in Széchenyi Square was one of the highlights for
the Art Market Budapest 2014 international contemporary art fair.
11. Hand of Harmony in Pohang Korea
This huge hand was made in
1999 out of bronze and granite that's emerging from the water. This
sculpture represents the continuous effort all of Korean people to lead
better, more happy lives.
12. Borders Installation in Chicago's Grant Park
Icelandic artist Steinunn
Thórarinsdóttir has created 26 human forms cast in aluminum and iron
that are purposely androgynous and beg interaction from the spectator.
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13. The Shark, Oxford, United Kingdom
Radio host Bill Heine had the Shark implanted in his house in 1986. He said "the shark was
to express someone feeling totally impotent and ripping a hole in their
roof out of a sense of impotence and anger and desperation."
14. Nelson's Ship in a Bottle at the The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
Yinka Shonibare's work is
shown in the most widely used space for public art in Britain. As well,
the piece reflects on the square's vast history and early beginnings.
15. Mother and Child in China
This comes from artist Zhang
Yaxi who created this monumental cast-concrete work in 2007 when the
Qinghai Province became a gateway between China and Tibet.
16. Scallop in Aldeburgh
Maggi Hambling is a
Suffolk-born artist who created this steel scallop shell in 2003 in a
very picturesque yet dramatic beach setting. It is her tribute to
composer Benjamin Britten who lived there.
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