Do you have photos of Statues?

[Richard]

The sculpture called Panoptikum, also known as the "Pink Rabbit," is located in the Lochotín district of Plzeň. This artwork was created in 2015 by Adam Trbušek, then a student at the Faculty of Design and Art at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, as his bachelor's thesis. The inspiration for the sculpture was Francisco Goya's painting Saturn Devouring His Son. Through this paraphrase, Trbušek expressed criticism of modern society, particularly consumerism and manipulation to which individuals are exposed. The sculpture depicts a giant rabbit devouring a human figure, symbolizing how society and its mechanisms can "consume" individuals.

Since its unveiling, the sculpture has sparked mixed reactions. Some residents of Plzeň see it as a significant piece of art, while others criticize it and call for its removal. Despite these controversies, the sculpture remains in place and has become a distinctive feature of the area.

I've spent a lot of time looking at the dark Goyas here in Madrid and that has to be the most disturbing one. It's an image I'd rather not remember.

 

[fotoi]

Washington, D.C.

 

[Lester Wareham]

Last year the rabbit got a new coat of paint.

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That is fairly disturbing Luboš

 

[Lester Wareham]

Socrates and Confucius: An Encounter
Artist: Wu Weishan, 2021

Trv Athens Statue B01_10-01-25-0001 by Lester W, on Flickr

Trv Athens Statue B01_10-01-25-0002 by Lester W, on Flickr

"....
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed."

 

[fotoi]

Garcilaso de la Vega, Toledo, Spain.

 

[Skygod44]

Why have one boy peeing into the air...

...when you can have two?

 

[Skygod44]

A sculpture I should have commissioned...

...because beautiful, naked women have never listened to a word I've said!


Cheery-bye for now,
Simon

 

[Skygod44]

What could be better than a semi-naked golden girl, holding a cock?

?
?
?
How about four...

...dancing around in front of one of the world's most active volcanos!
Those crazy chicks.


Cheery-bye for now,
Simon

 

[Utahsteve]

LaHina Budda prior to the fire

 

[ncsa]

Victorian Premiers outside of Parliament, Melbourne
Hamer by Neil, on Flickr
Cain by Neil, on Flickr
Bolte Dunstan by Neil, on Flickr

 

[Lubos-PM]

 

[Utahsteve]

A very unhappy guest at Waikoloa

 

[Skygod44]

~40cm tall stone statues like this are common all over Japan, and they are supposed to bring luck, or protect against earthquake or tsunami or whatever...
...but this is the first one I've found inside its own little house, and painted to look like a granny

This one was amongst paddy fields, way up in the mountains, next to a road I've not noticed before.
To me, quite a find

Sayonara,
Simon

 

[Skygod44]

Just around the corner from the ugly bridge with the cool name-plate (it's in the bridges thread, post #682), there's this almost impossible to photograph life-size bronze of a famous samurai on horseback!


Why is it "almost impossible to photograph?" I hear nobody enquire
Well I'll tell you, anyway!

It's on a busy junction next to a train station, with nowhere to park properly, and nowhere to simply pull over, and there's that ugly building behind it.

In the end, I just blocked the junction.
Twice.
For you lovely folks on FoP.


Sayonara,
Simon

 

[Skygod44]

Another one from a shrine I visited today.

Boo!!!

TTFN,
Simon

 

[Skygod44]

A rather large Bhudda

Just round the corner from my local zoo, of all places.

Cheers all,
Simon

 

[fotoi]

The Monumento Vittorio Emanuele II (Wedding Cake), Rome.

 

[Skygod44]

This was a lucky find!
I've driven this road 100+ times, but there was an odd traffic jam right next to a bridge I usually cross without noticing this

She's a music spirit, sent to calm the waterflow of the river she's next to.

She was revealed from the block of stone she's sitting on. If you understand my meaning.

Cheers for now,
Simon

 

[Skygod44]

In a local "Exercise & Socialise Together" Park.

Taken with my camera on the ground, using the timer function so that I could get out of all those reflections.


Simon

 

[fotoi]

Maria Theresa Monument, Vienna, Austria.