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, We 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.
Did we miss any? Post your pics in the comment section!
#1 Expansion By Paige Bradley, New York, Usa
#2 Dramatic Fairy Sculpture Dancing With Dandelion By Robin Wight, Uk
#3 Colossus, Florence, Italy
#4 Inner Children Trapped Inside Adult Bodies By Alexander Milov
#5 The Force Of Nature By Lorenzo Quinn
#6 Mustangs By Robert Glen, Las Colinas, Texas, Usa
#7 Black Ghost, Klaipeda, Lithuania
#8 The Caring Hand, Glarus, Switzerland
#9 Break Through From Your Mold By Zenos Frudakis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Usa
#10 Mihai Eminescu, Onesti, Romania
#11 The Rain Man By Jean-michel Folon, Italy
#12 Diminish And Ascend By David Mccracken, Bondi, Australia
#13 Popped Up By Ervin Loránth Hervé, Budapest, Hungary
#14 Viccisitudes By Jason Decaires Taylor, Grenada, Vest Indies
#15 Raindrop By Nazar Bilyk, Ukraine
#16 Shadow Street Art, Kaunas, Lithuania
#17 Sinking Building Outside State Library, Melbourne, Australia
#18 Epic 1,320-ton God Of War Statue In China
#19 Hippo Sculptures, Taipei, Taiwan
#20 The Shoes On The Danube Bank By Can Togay & Gyula Pauer, Budapest, Hungary
#21 Les Voyageurs, Marseilles, France
#22 The Monument Of An Anonymous Passerby, Wroclaw, Poland
#23 Ocean Atlas: Massive Underwater Statue Of Girl Carrying The Ocean On Her Shoulders
#24 De Vaartkapoen, Brussels, Belgium
#25 Nelson Mandela, South Africa
#26 People Of The River By Chong Fah Cheong, Singapore
#27 Kelpies, Grangemouth, Uk
#28 The Knotted Gun, Turtle Bay, New York, Usa
#29 Jaume Plensa Sculptures, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
#30 Salmon Sculpture, Portland, Oregon, Usa
#31 Man Hanging Out, Prague, Czech Republic
#32 The Rising Tide By Jason Decaires Taylor, London
#33 A Day Out, Adelaide, Australia
#34 Magic Wire Mesh Sculpture By Pauline Ohrel, France
#35 Cattle Drive, Dallas, Texas, Usa
#36 Metalmorphosis By David Cherny At The Whitehall Technology Park, Charlotte, Nc
#37 The Unknown Official, Reykjavik, Iceland
#38 The Shark, Oxford, Uk
#39 A Scene From The World War With Real-size Statues, Eceabat, Turkey
#40 Man At Work, Bratislava, Slovakia
#41 Iguana Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
#42 Spider, Tate Modern, London, Uk
