Incredibly creative statues around the world, real wonders

Whether to honor a god or a hero, many civilizations (ancient or modern) erected colossal statues. In Asia for example, where megalomania sometimes defies the imagination, and it is staggering. Others, however, are much smaller, fancier, they have the gift to tickle us. They make you think, make us smile and strike us by their originality. They have nothing to envy the most gigantic, quite the contrary, they have their history and deserve our attention. Petit tour of the world of these statues not like the others. Your favorite?

Mustangs by Robert Glen, Las Colinas, Texas, USA

Meditation, by Paige Bradley, New York, USA

Black Ghost, Klaipeda, Lithuania

Monument of anonymous passerby, Wroclaw, Poland

This salmon in Portland, Oregon, United UnisBrice July 7, 2014

First generation by Chong Fah Cheong, Singapore

Shoes on the Danube bank by Gyula Pauer and Can Togay, Budapest, Hungary

The Knotted Gun, Turtle Bay, New York, USA

Mold From Your Break Through by Zenos Frudakis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Les Voyageurs, Marseille, France

Nelson Mandela, South Africa

From Vaartkapoen, Brussels, Belgium

Cattle Drive, Dallas, Texas, USA

Spider, Tate Modern, London, UK

Hippo Sculptures, Taipei, Taiwan

Sinking Building, Melbourne, Australie

Iguana Park, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas

Scene of the First World War, Eceabat, Turkey

Kelpies, Grangemouth, United Kingdom

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