(WONDERS) Fast Facts and Wonders

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Here are some FAST FACTS & WONDERS collections that you might not know. Not so long description to make you bored and just short enough to enlighten you.

10 Weird But Astounding Statues/Sculpture in the Globe

#10  Violinist Bursting From Floor – Amsterdam, Netherlands

The creative statue depicts a violinist bursting out of the floor in the foyer of the muziek theater in the ‘Stopera’ (City Opera House) is an expression of the Amsterdam’s vibrant, irrepressible Jewish community. The community used to be centered in this district before World War II.

 

#9  De Vaartkapoen – Brussels, Belgium

De Vaartkapoen by Tom Franzen stands outside the Communauté Française in Molenbeek. It  is an irreverent tribute to the anarchaic side of the Bruxe loise. The title is a slang term for people born in Molen beek; “de va art” means “the canal” and “kapoen” means cheeky. It shows a young rebel, the Vaartkapoen, reminiscent of a jack-in-the-box, toppling over a policeman, thus overthrowing his authority

 

#8 Headless Musician, Amsertdam

Mysteriously standing in Marnix Park in Amsterdam, this statue is of a headless musician. The strange part is that the sculptor is unknown and mysterious. He created the sculptures between 1982 and 1999 and left these beautiful bronze sculptures in places around the city. Speculations say that he was a doctor who crafted sculptors in his spare time. This headless musician carrying a violin case is tipping his hat to onlookers.

 

#7 Corporate Head, Ernst & Young Building, Los Angeles, California

Corporate Head sculpture 1991 by Terry Allen

They said I had a head for business

They said to get ahead I had to lose my head

They said be concrete and I became concrete

They said, go, my son, multiply, divide, conquer

I did my best

- Philip Levine -

 

 

#6 Giant Woman Lying in a Photo Booth, London, England

A promotional device for new reality TV show London Ink, set in a tattoo parlour.

#5 London Ink’s Man Swimming Statue, England

Sculpture made in London to advertise the start of a new program on discovery called London Ink

#4 Le Passe-Muraille,or Man in the Wall, Paris, France

Detailof Le Passe-Muraille, or Man in the Wall, a statue by Jean Marais, inspired bywriter Marcel Aymé.

Lookslike somebody has recently attempted to vandalize it, with a pot of blue paintdown his leg, dripping on to the ground

#3 Die Badende (The Bather),

 Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg’s Inner Alster Lake has a new inhabitant – and this is not your standard duck or fish.

For ten days, a giant woman sculpture called “Die Badende” (“The Bather”) will grace the lake – making Inner Alster essentially the world’s biggest bathtub.

She rises 13 feet out of the water and appears in a comfortable state of repose, with her knees up, proving quite an obstacle for boaters in the Inner Alster. In fact, many have been renting paddleboats just to get a closer glimpse

#2 Hand of the Desert,Atacama Desert, Chile

About 47 miles south of the town of Antofagasta, in a barren stretch of the Pan-American Highway in the Atacama Desert, a 36-foot-tall hand protrudes from the sand. It appears that a giant was buried in a sandstorm, but this isn’t a mirage. Mano de Desierto—or Hand of the Desert—was built in the early ‘80s by the Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal. And it isn’t the only disturbing hand of Irarrázabal’s: Monument to the Drowned is a similar sculpture, rising from the ground near the beach in Punta del Este, a resort town in Uruguay.

 

 

#1 Magic Tap Illusion Statue

 

 

This cool tap appears to magically float in the sky, with an endless supply of water. If you think for a second, you will easily come to a conclusion how this modern installment can be possible. If you know where this Magic Tap can be found, be sure to comment!