Playing With Statues (10 Photos)
By Vidar
Ten photos where the pose makes the joke
The setup is simple: find the right spot, match the gesture, and commit to the pose.
For more public-art improvisation, see Playing With Statues (40 Photos).
🌲 The Smallest Meeting — Long Leif by Thomas Dambo in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, USA 🇺🇸
The visitor barely reaches Long Leif’s ankle.
More: 10 Giant Trolls Hiding in Forests, Lakes and Ruins.
💡 Nerd Fact: For the Alexa’s Elixir project, Thomas Dambo built Long Leif at 13 meters and called him the tallest troll he had ever made.
🔗 Follow Thomas Dambo on Instagram.
🌊 Sharing the Wait — La Bella Lola by Carmen Fraile on the Juan Aparicio Promenade, Torrevieja, Spain 🇪🇸
No acrobatics here. He simply sits beside Lola and keeps her company.
🧠 Einstein’s Selfie Theory — Albert Einstein by StudioEIS at Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California, USA 🇺🇸
For a second, Einstein looks like the one taking the selfie.
💡 Nerd Fact: Griffith Observatory says Einstein holds his right index finger roughly a foot from his face to show how much of the sky is captured by The Big Picture across the gallery.
🔄 Completing the Circle — Circle of Peace by Gary Lee Price at Benson Sculpture Garden, Loveland, Colorado, USA 🇺🇸
He takes the open spot, and the circle is complete.
More: Playing With Statues (8 Photos).
🦍 Family Seat Upgrade — King Kong Balls by Denis Defrancesco, photographed in Miloš Forman Square, Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿
The scale is only half the joke. The child has found a seat.
More: Street Art Meets Humor: Denis Defrancesco’s King Kong Statue.
💡 Nerd Fact: According to Denis Defrancesco’s official site, the bronze sculpture is 5.04 meters long and weighs 2,780 kilograms.
🔗 Follow King Kong Balls on Instagram.
👟 Tripping at Liberty Square — Ronald Reagan by István Máté in Liberty Square, Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺
One raised leg is enough to turn a formal presidential statue into slapstick.
More: Fun With Statues (26 Photos).
🥋 Breaking Into the Conversation — Conversation by William Hodd McElcheran on Stephen Avenue, Calgary, Canada 🇨🇦
One bronze businessman becomes a seat. The other gets a shoe in the face.
More: Playing With Statues (23 Photos).
🔨 Lying on the Line — Sembradores de Vía de la Escollera by Humberto Peraza Ávila at Muelle de la Armada, Veracruz, Mexico 🇲🇽
He picked the worst possible place to lie down.
More: Playing With Statues (12 Photos).
💡 Nerd Fact: According to Imagen de Veracruz, the sculpture is part of a group installed in 2002 for the modern port’s centenary. The workers are laying rails used to carry quarry blocks to the harbor construction site.
✨ The Force Push — Partners by Blaine Gibson at the Magic Kingdom hub in Walt Disney World, Florida, USA 🇺🇸
Walt reaches out. The visitor does the rest.
💡 Nerd Fact: According to the Disney Parks Blog, Blaine Gibson took a year to create Partners. The Walt Disney World version was unveiled in 1995; the original Disneyland bronze was installed on November 18, 1993.
👥 Group Effort — El descendimiento by Virginio Arias at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱
Five people take on the whole sculpture. Nobody breaks character.
More: Playing With Statues (21 Photos).
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This is epic🔥, I see a movie coming out of it😏
I saw a comedy like this 🤣
This is gold👏, definitely 😁 me and the guys. Epic pose
I see alot, you can pickup the labour and the comedy😏,that guy is so gone⚰️
Inspiring 👏 that pose is great 🤣, so realistic. She might actually be getting dragged
Look like an elf
Guess there were a bunch of morons who invited there self in my life wasn’t what it was suppose to be
Really like this😄. They captured the pose well.