Playing With Statues (10 Photos)

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).

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🌲 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.

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🌊 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.

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🧠 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.

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🔄 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.

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🦍 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.

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👟 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).

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🥋 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.

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🔨 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.

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💡 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.

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✨ 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.

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👥 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.

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