Top 10 Most Amazing Sculptures from Around the World

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(By JelenaP via Topinspired)

All around the world, in almost any city or town, you can find many monuments, sculptures and statues displayed in parks, squares or other places. These public artworks represent different things, but most usually they are monuments dedicated to fallen heroes, distinguished individuals or represent some significant part of the history. But some of them are pure art, representing their artist’s inspiration and message. Among all these pieces of art scattered all around of world there are some that stand out with their uniqueness, individuality and message. Although it is very hard to pick only 10 out of them, we tried to create this list of our favorite totally amazing sculptures from around the world.

1. Dancing with Dandelion by Robin Wight, UK (via thisiscolossal.com)

Robin Wight, a UK sculptor, creates this mind blowing sculptures of wind blown fairies clutching dandelions. He is using stainless still wire and makes them so they seem to be suspended in midair or clinging to trees. Currently you can see the sculptures at the Trentham Gardens.

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2. Memorial to Nelson Mandela, South Africa (via goodmeetings.com)

50 steel columns representing the 50 years since his arrest and political persecution, are forming Nelson Mandela‘s profile. Although you can see his likeness only from a certain angle, this sculpture is still pretty amazing. The sculpture was created by Marco Cianfanelli and it is is installed in the town of Howick, South Africa where Mandela was arrested.

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3. Metalmorphosis, Charlotte, North Carolina (via wonderfulengineering.com)

Ok, this is actually a fountain but it is so amazing it totally deserves a spot on our list. Czech sculptor David Černý is the artist behind this magnificent mirrored water fountain that was constructed at the Whitehall Technology Park in Charlotte, NC. Made from massive stainless steel layers that rotate 360 degrees and occasionally align to create a massive head, the sculpture weighs 14 tons!

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4. The Mustangs of Las Colinas, Texas, USA (via mustangsoflascolinas.com)

These bronze horses are huge! Don’t be fooled by the photograph as they are 1 and a half times bigger than real horses. It is the largest group of sculptured horses ever built and there are fountains built into their feet which shoot out water in such a way as to create the impression that they’re galloping through a river.

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5. Colossus, Florence, Italy (via boredpanda.com)

Italian sculptor Giambologna built this mountain god in the late 1500’s. The statue is 35 feet tall and stands in Florence, Italy. Giambologna built the statue, named Appennino, as a symbol of Italy’s rugged Appenine mountains. What is interesting about this statue is that it hides several rooms with different functions that made this colossus come to life.

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6. People of the River, Singapore (via static.panoramio.com)

If you visit Singapore you will surely take a stroll along the Singapore river. Taking this walk is important in order to understand Singapore’s history and the People of the River statue series help you to do just that. Chong Fah Cheong is the creator of these statues that seem like they are alive. One of the most striking among them is a frozen-motion sculpture of five boys diving off to go for a swim in the river. You can find it right on the historical Cavenagh Bridge’s left side.

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7. Expansion by Paige Bradley, New York, USA (via hexapolis.com)

This striking modern statue by Paige Bradley is meant to bring together the liberate and contained, meant to intrigue and provoke. Here is the author’s story behind this intriguing piece: “I conceived this piece when I first moved to Manhattan. I was a bit startled by the power of the curators and the critics and how they all had an anti-figure slant on what they deemed show-worthy. I took a perfectly good wax sculpture – a piece I had sculpted with precision over several months – an image of a woman meditating in the lotus position, and just dropped it on the floor. I destroyed what I made. I was letting it all go. It was scary. It shattered into so many pieces. My first feeling was, ‘What have I done!?!’ Then, I trusted it would all come together like I envisioned”.