The most unusual monuments of the world and sculpture (photo)

The 20th century opened a new page in the history of sculpture. The old good classic suddenly became uninteresting. Girls with oars and boys playing with dolphins, reflecting the general infantilism of the middle of the last century, fell asleep in the Bose, giving way to an incomprehensible but attractive conceptual avant-gardism. How long?

What are the most unusual monuments in the world appeared in the last hundred years? This is our article.

Semantic load of modern sculptures

To examine and unravel the composition of Mikhail Shemyakin "Children - victims of adult vices" is very interesting and scary. Involuntarily think, and what a flaw do I carry? The designated issue is already half the case.

Many modern unusual monuments of the world, photos of which are presented in this article, appear to be very subtle and profound, but not all of them are filled with such tragic content as the sculptural complex of an outstanding Russian-American artist. There are among them and very funny, making you smile. For example, "Do not drink the branch on which you sit." Such compositions are in Yakutsk and Amsterdam.

"Chizhik-Pyzhik"

Unusual monuments of the world attract crowds of tourists. Not always the sculptors who created them, assumed a very great success with their "offspring", as happened with a tiny bronze fizzy-fizik on Fontanka, invented by the Georgian architect Rezo Gabriadze. He appeared in St. Petersburg in 1994 and very quickly became a symbol of the city. Even the tradition was born to throw a coin on a small pedestal. If it hits the target, then the desire is sure to come true.

Monument to Cervantes and the heroes of his novel in Madrid

Catalogs listing unusual monuments and sculptures of the world, sometimes entire chapters are dedicated to the representative of the golden age of Spanish culture, Miguel de Cervantes. And, although very little is known about the writer himself, unusual memorials of Don Quixote have been created in memory of him and his novel. Throughout the world, there is no literary work whose characters would have been immortalized in bronze and stone in various angles and in such large numbers. The characters of the novel "The Clever Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha" have been inspiring architects for more than a hundred years. First of all, it is, of course, the Spaniards. On one of the central squares of Madrid, Plaza of Spain, in 1929, after four years of work, a whole sculptural complex was opened. In the center of it stands a huge marble stela. It gives the impression of the back of the throne, on which Cervantes himself sits. Before him and much lower, almost at the ground level - two bronze riders. They are both very serious and focused. The fearless knight raised his right hand in a welcoming gesture. In his figure - a noble dignity and aristocracy. He is old, but strong in spirit.

Half a body of a horse, just behind, on a donkey, faithful squire Sancho Panza. The good-natured peasant holds the master's hat in his hand. He does not understand the passionate aspirations of the master. Sculptor Lorenzo Cullo-Valera very subtly and accurately depicted two opposite personalities, and architect Raphael Martinez Zapatera incredibly delicately entered a ridiculous couple in the stone jungles of the modern city. Maybe it sounds trite, but Don Quixote and Sancho Panza seem to have disappeared from the pages of the novel. It was so strange, inappropriate, pitiful, but at the same time, with some aplomb, they looked like three hundred years ago. Appear among us today, they would have made the same impression. We would call them socially unadapted and would treat them more carefully and more courteously than with ordinary people.

Monuments to the Spanish grandee in Omsk

The most unusual monuments and sculptures of the world depicting Don Quixote and his skinny horse are in Omsk. The works of the local craftsman A.N. Kapralov entered the guidebooks on the sights of the Siberian city. His Don Quixote is a shadow, a ghost or a werewolf of a medieval knight emerged from the looking mirror. But the werewolf is funny and not at all terrible, although it looks very solemn. The horse is just a ferocious and wild mustang, only very old and dilapidated. In a word, his characters are made with a charming and subtle sense of humor.

Czech Republic - a klondike of amazing sculptures

The most unusual monuments in the world are in the Czech Republic. In this many travelers agree. If you make the Top-10 unusual monuments of the world, then the Czech Republic will take in it not one place. What are only "Pisayuschie men" or "Lavochka voroka". Not familiar with the architectural features of Prague, a tourist, seeing a man hooked for a metal pin at a high altitude, rushes to call the police, but this is a sculpture depicting Sigmund Freud of the work of David the Black.

"Permyak - salty ears"

In the last few decades, many funny and original monuments have appeared in our country.

In Perm there are separately standing salty ears. The fact is that the long-standing proverb about the salty ears of Permians required perpetuation. And why do you have salty ears in Perm? Because there, in the Kama region, there are large deposits of rock salt. Previously, from quarries it was carried on its backs, poured into a canvas bag. A little salt was always shaken out and settled on the ears of men. Thus, Permyak - salty ears - this is the true truth.

Semyonych

In Siberia, there are other unusual monuments of the world. Omsk mentioned above can boast of a sculpture of a plumbing technician. She was called "Semyonych." Heavy, round sewer hatch, which is full in every city, is pushed aside, and from it to the waist sticks out the figure of a bronze worker in a traditional protective helmet and with a swivel key.

So here it is - "Happiness"

It seems that the most unusual monuments of the world are collected in our country. What does happiness look like? In Tomsk, they believe that it looks like a wolf from the cartoon "Once upon a time there was a dog." The wolf, who is stuck at a wedding at a friend's house, will even tell you a few inspirational and warm words if you press him on the navel.

The keyboard of the computer can also give impetus to creativity

In 2005, a giant keyboard appeared in Yekaterinburg from an outdated computer. Local residents use stone keys as park benches. Perhaps, Anatoly Vyatkin, who created this corner for his friends' gatherings, in this way contributed to the disposal of plastics.

"Passengers"

There is also another interesting monument of sculptors Yuri Krylov and Alexander Kokoteyev in Yekaterinburg - "Passengers", or, as it is also called, "Monument to passengers". Near the building of the old station, in which the museum is now located, a mini sketch was made of bronze - apparently, they just announced a train landing, and the mother, grabbing the little boy's arm, rushed to the platform, and his father looked at the pretty pasazhirku. Everything, as in real life.

"Purse"

In Krasnodar, just opposite the business center, on the ground is a huge granite purse, measuring 1 x 2 meters. It is an exact copy of the Melbourne wallet. It is believed that if you rub your own purse about him or sit on granite a little, you can get rich quick.

How is it better and more correct to study unusual monuments of the world? Information about the material from which this or that sculpture is made, the history and reasons that prompted the artist to take up work, his thoughts on the composition, the semantic load, etc., are not always available for guests who are first learning local sights. And if this is a country with an unfamiliar language, it is very insulting to miss out on a masterpiece of some outstanding artist, without considering it from all sides as carefully as possible.

"Verity" - the modern Themis

However, the most unusual monuments of the world are still mentioned in tourist guides. So, if you decide to visit the UK, and include the county of Devon in your route, you will be able to see a very strange statue of Themis, that is, the goddess of justice. Devon's Themis is a giant naked pregnant woman. One half of her body is devoid of skin. Above Verity's head, such a name was given by its author Damien Hirst, holds a sword, and hides very small scales behind her. The pedestal on which it stands is a book of jurisprudence. This amazing sculpture gives an unpleasant feeling of anxiety and hopelessness.

"Rush"

In the USA (Philadelphia state) there is a sculpture without which the story about unusual monuments of the world would be incomplete. The author, the sculptor Zenos Prudakis, gave her the name "Rush", but very often you can hear a reservation when instead of the word "rush", say "breakthrough". It seems that this corresponds more to the plot. And indeed, from the whole composition there is a feeling of energy escaping to freedom, a breakthrough.

The whole complex is full of many secrets and meanings. It can be very long considered. The artist ciphered the face of his parents in the relief, the muzzle of his beloved cat, the date of his birth and many other things. Look closely, with whom do you identify yourself? With the first person who is deprived of the opportunity to move? It is difficult even for him to breathe, but the hope of gaining freedom still glows. And maybe you are the second? The one who has stretched his shoulders, and felt the first joy of the movement? He had only to tear off his hands. He has already made a titanic effort for this. Or are you third? Who felt, felt, freedom and was afraid to move alone, that's why he draws his hand to the most daring. And he, this fourth, is in euphoria. He can handle everything. Joy and happiness beat over the edge. But what is behind him? Some faces. People are walled up. Do they also have freedom in front? Have they already started the path to light and space or, on the contrary, are dragging them into the cramped walls? The monument is incredibly strong in terms of energy and psychological impact. It was installed in 2000. Accident?

Music in metal

In the collection, entitled: "The most unusual monuments of the world" you can safely include a monument to the famous Finnish composer Jan Sibelius. It is the organ on which the wind plays. Aila Hiltunen created a weightless composition of six hundred pipes. If you become under them, you can hear music. This is fascinating. The giant metal construction is very organically blended into the surrounding landscape, which consists of pine trees growing on a rocky platform.

Standing on the head, it's easier to live

And here is another monument, which is also inscribed in the surrounding landscape, but it looks somewhat defiant and capable of causing mild dizziness. He is in Melbourne. Charles la Trobe, who was sculptured and installed in such an unusual perspective, was once the first vice-governor of the state of Victoria - the Australian colony of Great Britain. Perhaps the architect, Charles Robb, somehow showed that while in the Southern Hemisphere, Trab has always remained thoughts and feelings in the North - at home, in England, where he never returned, and where people go up Feet? After all, he directed all his energy to the service of the English crown. Thanks largely to his wise management, Australia has become a beautiful and prosperous country. He opened the University, which was later given the name of an outstanding statesman, a library, museums, a luxurious botanical garden, an art gallery, and so on. And so on.

"Kissing students"

A monument of love, passion and tenderness stands in the Town Hall Square in Tartu. This city has long been given the status of a student capital, and an elegant couple confirmed this symbolic nickname. Once upon a time there was only a boring fountain. The Estonian artist Mati Carmine saw once his nephew, embracing with his beloved girl. This moment he captured in the photo, and then transferred to bronze. What could be more romantic than a couple kissing in the rain? The architect Tiith Trumal remade the fountain, and now the water is pouring from the umbrella, which added more romance to the lovers. Happy will be those who are lucky to see the sculpture in the halo of the rainbow.