Posts Tagged ‘sculptures’

When Classic Sculptures Meet Today’s World

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French photographer Léo Caillard teamed up with French art director Alexis Persani to dress ancient Louvre’s sculptures into something more trendy and up-to-date. To create ‘Street Stone’, Caillard first photographed the statues and his friends in similar poses. Then Persani stacked the shots on top of each other in Photoshop, erasing everything but the clothes […]

Top 10 Amazing Hair Sculptures

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Nagi Noda was a Japanese pop artist and director born in Tokyo. One of Noda’s many skills was creating sculptures or hair hats styled out of real human hair. The main inspiration for her unique and beautiful creations came from animals such as dogs, tigers, bears, cows, elephants, among many others…

10 Amazing Horseshoe Sculptures

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A horseshoe is a U-shaped item made of metal or of modern synthetic materials, nailed or glued to the hooves of horses and some other draught animals. Like a shoe on a human, it is used to protect the animal’s feet from wear and tear. Professional horseshoers, also called farriers or blacksmiths (more commonly used […]

Giant Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg

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Claes Oldenburg (born January 28, 1929) is a Swedish sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who diseased in 2009 […]

Extra-Ordinary Realistic Sculptures

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Ron Mueck art is about love, loneliness, family, relationships. It can be understood by anyone. It has nothing to do with what’s in vogue in metropolitan London (which makes it great for Edinburgh). And although Mueck’s technique is of our time: – he trained in puppetry, including at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and has taken […]

Crazy Sculptures From Prague

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David Cerny (born December 15, 1967 in Prague) is a Czech sculptor whose works can be seen in many locations in Prague. His works tend to be controversial. He gained notoriety in 1991 by painting a Soviet tank pink that served as a war memorial in central Prague. As the Monument to Soviet tank crews […]

Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

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In frigid northeastern China, in the city of Harbin is hosting its 26th annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. Massive buildings built of ice from the frozen surface of the nearby Songhua River, large scale snow sculptures, ice slides, festival food and drinks can be found in several parks in the city. At night, […]