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I bet you've noticed that almost every city has its own creative sculptures or statues, usually tucked along streets or city squares. Some of them are pretty ordinary, but others... Other famous sculptures can be extremely eye-catching and conversation-provoking.
The oldest known statuette, named Venus of Hohle Fels, dates back to around 33.000 - 38.000 BCE, and since then the sculpture art has changed in many ways. If this form of art was used to depict the surrounding world at first, then quickly it became a way to worship gods and later, as it turned to classical art era, to commemorate famous people. Now, modern sculptures might represent an idea and not an object or a living being at all, take odd shapes, and be made from absolutely any material imaginable.
To save you some trips across the world, Bored Panda has put together a list of the most creative sculptures and famous statues found throughout the globe. Some are old, some are modern art pieces, but they're all super creative and awe-inspiring. Take a look below and don't forget to vote for your favorite works of art - either classical or created by modern sculptors.
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Expansion By Paige Bradley, New York, Usa
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Yvonne Bernal Yvonne Bernal Community Member Follow
Electrifying
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Dramatic Fairy Sculpture Dancing With Dandelion By Robin Wight, Uk
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Yvonne Bernal Yvonne Bernal Community Member Follow
The answer is blowing in the wind
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Colossus, Florence, Italy
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marie battisti marie battisti Community Member Follow
He is the god of the mountains, and is named Appennino. He was made in the 1500s by Italian sculptor Giambologna as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Appenine mountains.
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Inner Children Trapped Inside Adult Bodies By Alexander Milov
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Сашка Бес Сашка Бес Community Member Follow
this work named " Love " by Alexander Milov, an artist from Odessa, Ukraine
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The Force Of Nature By Lorenzo Quinn
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Amanda Panda Amanda Panda Community Member Follow
I see it as Mother Nature trying to take back her planet.
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Mustangs By Robert Glen, Las Colinas, Texas, Usa
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Griselle Lugo Griselle Lugo Community Member Follow
They look so unbelievably real!
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Black Ghost, Klaipeda, Lithuania
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Junebug Junebug Community Member Follow
Reminds me of the ringwraiths from LOTR
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The Caring Hand, Glarus, Switzerland
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Bella •‿• Bella •‿• Community Member Follow
Palm tree!
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Break Through From Your Mold By Zenos Frudakis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Usa
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Moi Ra Moi Ra Community Member Follow
Reminds me of this one by my mother, Ursula Focke, in Goslar / Germany ... :) p1080764-5...3a8c7f.jpg
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Mihai Eminescu, Onesti, Romania
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Griselle Lugo Griselle Lugo Community Member Follow
So simple and yet so beautiful!
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The Rain Man By Jean-michel Folon, Italy
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omek1982 omek1982 Community Member Follow
pass by this at least 2 times a day, few times during winter, water did freeze with nice and unique effects each time
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Diminish And Ascend By David Mccracken, Bondi, Australia
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Caroline Myklebust Caroline Myklebust Community Member Follow
It's a optical illusion ^^ The stairs are just made smaller, like a thorn.
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Popped Up By Ervin Loránth Hervé, Budapest, Hungary
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Amanda Panda Amanda Panda Community Member Follow
When you try to sleep in on a Saturday, but the kids won't let you
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Viccisitudes By Jason Decaires Taylor, Grenada, Vest Indies
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Emily Rose Emily Rose Community Member Follow
creepy
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Raindrop By Nazar Bilyk, Ukraine
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Jesus Rodriguez Torbado Jesus Rodriguez Torbado Community Member Follow
breast implant?
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Shadow Street Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Josh Fellman Josh Fellman Community Member Follow
feed the birdies
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#17
Sinking Building Outside State Library, Melbourne, Australia
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Poly Paws Poly Paws Community Member Follow
My hometown... this is an iconic part of Melbourne 😊
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#18
Epic 1,320-ton God Of War Statue In China
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Aga Smieja Aga Smieja Community Member Follow
Epic. And nothing more.
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#19
Hippo Sculptures, Taipei, Taiwan
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Carol Dagg-Lake Carol Dagg-Lake Community Member Follow
I would like to take my grandchildren to this sculpture. Of course they would love it.
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The Shoes On The Danube Bank By Can Togay & Gyula Pauer, Budapest, Hungary
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James Floyd James Floyd Community Member Follow
This permanent art exhibit impacted me so much.
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#21
Les Voyageurs, Marseilles, France
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Na-eema Na-eema Community Member Follow
Haunting
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The Monument Of An Anonymous Passerby, Wroclaw, Poland
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Katze Okapi Katze Okapi Community Member Follow
Actually that is not the complete version.One can find more of them on the other side of the street. On that side the sculptures are slowly sinking into the ground, while they are coming from the ground in this one. For more pictures: https://gallivance.net/2013/12/05/wroclaws-anonymous-pedestrians-remembering-martial-law/
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#23
Ocean Atlas: Massive Underwater Statue Of Girl Carrying The Ocean On Her Shoulders
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NICK MULLALLY NICK MULLALLY Community Member Follow
Where is this ?
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#24
De Vaartkapoen, Brussels, Belgium
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Spinaap Spinaap Community Member Follow
funny
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Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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Nelson Mandela Sculpture by Marco Cianfanelli, just outside Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was here on 5 August 1962, that Nelson Mandela was finally captured by police and his "Long Walk to Freedom" began.
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People Of The River By Chong Fah Cheong, Singapore
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Sua Kang Sua Kang Community Member Follow
All of these sculpturrs on this list are awesome but I would lose it if I saw them for the first time AT NIGHT
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Kelpies, Grangemouth, Uk
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Kelpies... Amazing mythical creature.
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The Knotted Gun, Turtle Bay, New York, Usa
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Junebug Junebug Community Member Follow
Hagrid in the sorcerers stone, anyone?
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Jaume Plensa Sculptures, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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seaufke seaufke Community Member Follow
last one to lose their tree wins
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Salmon Sculpture, Portland, Oregon, Usa
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Matthew co*ckshutt Matthew co*ckshutt Community Member Follow
Out of all of the statues in Portland... You chose the big fish.
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Man Hanging Out, Prague, Czech Republic
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James Floyd James Floyd Community Member Follow
It's supposed to be Freud
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The Rising Tide By Jason Decaires Taylor, London
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Jiamin Xu Jiamin Xu Community Member Follow
Saw this at Eden project
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A Day Out, Adelaide, Australia
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Adrian Jenkin (MarauderDeuce) Adrian Jenkin (MarauderDeuce) Community Member Follow
Not surprisingly little kids absolutely love these guys.
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#34
Magic Wire Mesh Sculpture By Pauline Ohrel, France
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Flora Polvado Flora Polvado Community Member Follow
These would be a great dr. Who episode
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Cattle Drive, Dallas, Texas, Usa
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Caiya Stoltenberg Caiya Stoltenberg Community Member Follow
went there long time ago, very impressive
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Metalmorphosis By David Cherny At The Whitehall Technology Park, Charlotte, Nc
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Hannah S Hannah S Community Member Follow
David Černý not Cherny...
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The Unknown Official, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Lou Wow Lou Wow Community Member Follow
Block head lol.
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The Shark, Oxford, Uk
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Leonie Brok Leonie Brok Community Member Follow
What a lightning rod
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#39
A Scene From The World War With Real-size Statues, Eceabat, Turkey
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Dincer Koroglu Dincer Koroglu Community Member Follow
also very impressive covered with snow. http://mobil.hurriyet.com.tr/eceabatta-heykeller-kar-altinda-27873702
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Man At Work, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Griselle Lugo Griselle Lugo Community Member Follow
I have a picture next I this guy! Actually, they call him the lazy worker, I think, because he is just not doing what he is supposed to be doing!
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Iguana Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Tiny Dynamine Tiny Dynamine Community Member Follow
There is a real iguana park in Guayaquil, Ecuador. It's lovely to hang out with them.
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Spider, Tate Modern, London, Uk
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Ariane Kok Ariane Kok Community Member Follow
Saw this one in Ottawa as well?
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