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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!
