Public sculptures might be made of stone and metal, but in these clever photos, they come alive. From perfectly timed reactions to staged comedy and emotional mimicry, these 22 playful interactions between people and statues remind us how imagination can turn ordinary spaces into hilarious or heartfelt scenes.
Part 1: Playing with statues (25 photos)
1. Cherub Attack
A stone cherub reaches out to a man who reacts in mock terror, making it look like the statue has come alive and is launching an ambush.
2. Roundhouse Kick
A woman times a kick to appear as if she’s knocking a waterfront statue off balance.
3. Deep Thoughts
Mimicking a seated statue’s pensive posture, a woman makes a dramatic thinking face, playing along with the sculpture’s pose.
4. Tug of War
A child appears to tug on the arm of a bronze child statue, creating the illusion of a struggle between real and sculpted friends.
5. Surprise Uppercut
A statue’s arm lines up perfectly with a boy’s face as he leaps in the air, making it seem like he’s just been hit.
6. Bunny Rescue
A toddler hugs the last rabbit in a sculpted line of bronze bunnies, adding a sweet human moment to a whimsical scene.
7. A Kiss From Mozart
A street performer dressed as Mozart leans forward and kisses a visitor’s hand in a moment of old-world charm.
8. Merlion Hydration
A man lines his mouth under the Merlion’s fountain stream, appearing to drink from the iconic statue.
9. Office Home Run
A man throws his papers in the air as a statue of a baseball player appears to bat them out of the park
10. Double Lift
A woman and a statue both lift babies into the air in perfect sync, creating a heartwarming mirrored moment.
11. Last in Line
A young boy with a backpack stands between bronze statues of children, blending seamlessly into the sculpted queue.
12. Sad Together
A little girl in a red dress mirrors the hunched, pensive posture of a nearby bronze sculpture in a park, echoing the same emotional state.
13. Story Time With Hans
Four adults interact with a statue of Hans Christian Andersen and his duck, posing as if they’re being read a story.
14. Soda Talk
A man sits on a bench sharing a soda and snack with a statue, captured mid-conversation.
15. Group Chat
A man shows something on his phone to two bronze statues, making it look like they’re having a casual chat.
16. Ignored Again
A man tries to get the attention of a statue on a seaside bench who dramatically looks away with a hand on her chin.
17. Flying Kick
A man balances on top of a sculpture and performs a flying kick into one of the statue’s faces.
18. Office Home Run
A woman pretends to whisper a secret into the ear of a classical marble statue posed as if listening.
19. Tug of Sniff
In a two-frame sequence, a real dog joins a bronze sculpture of a tug-of-war scene, sniffing the metal dog at the end of the line. The moment blends reality and art perfectly, turning a static piece into a living tableau.
20. Perfect Timing — Target Field in Minneapolis, USA
A bronze baseball player is mid-swing, and a boy positions himself so the bat lines up perfectly with his face, creating the illusion that he’s getting hit.
21. Titan Lunch — Attack on Titan Park Installation, Japan
A giant Titan head sculpture from the anime Attack on Titan shows a wide-open mouth with massive teeth, while several people pose inside its hand, staged as if they’re about to be eaten.
22. High Five
A man jumps mid-air toward a seated statue of a woman with her hand raised, producing the perfect freeze-frame high five.
23. Flying
Whether silly or sweet, these interactions breathe new life into public sculptures. When people play with statues, the result is often spontaneous art.
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Surprise uppercut os beaitiful.
I love them all. Some see it as just a statue but others see it as a tool to implement it in their artistic skills. Bravo to all artists alike
Did AI write those comments? They are so wrong about what the people are doing!
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AI slop
Could you identify where the statues are located?
Something about these descriptions feel off…i feel like theyre ai generated, theres also multiple mistakes as well, and i feel like the mistakes arent ones tht humans would make,,, like in 3, the woman is clearly not making a thinking pose, in 5 the boy is clearly hanging off the statue and not the phone being at the precise angle while the boy leaps, the in 9 its clearly a woman and not a man like the description says, shes wearing a skirt with her suit, and in 19 the dog is clearly biting and not just sniffing… i do hope this isnt ai, cuz ai sucks :/
Maybe you’re AI, with all the punctuation and grammatical errors in your post….
Some of these comments…. People are just too serious these days and have no sense of humor
Why so serious, Nancy?
lol
Great pictures however the narrator’s description was mediocre at best. There were a lot of mistakes in this article. Some pictures were hard to follow if you read the description because it didn’t line up with the picture. However I enjoyed the pictures themselves and got a laugh this morning!
This is the epitome of recycled articles. Lazy research by someone who calls themselves a reporter.
No 9 is clearly a woman, not a man. She’s wearing a skirt.
And yeah, I do worry that damage could be caused by some of these people, so the article might encourage similar disrespectful behaviour, deliberately allowed interactions withstanding.
But they’re still very clever and fun.
I have an issue with number 5. I see a railing in the background which tells me you shouldn’t get that close to the statue. He’s lucky the arms didn’t break hanging off of it like that. That is not a perspective staged jump.
It’s supposed to be fun and brighten your day if you have a problem with something so ridiculous just don’t say anything
I loved them they are so fun to watch 😂😂😍😂😂😂😘😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who are you to tell anyone not to express their viewpoint? 🤷♀️ #wow
Isn’t that what you’re doing to this other person?
Your content always brightens my day !! Thank you all.
I don’t like seeing people on top of statues. The statues could get damaged.
Some are meant to be “interactive”….
Photo 11 is my fav, its a whimsical take on childhood memories of having to stand in line for everything in school.
A lot of mistakes in this post.
@streetartutopia The one with the guy sharing snacks with the statue is my favourite, but I laughed most about the one with the guy sitting between two statues and showing one of them something on the phone (the statue looks really interested).
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