Playing With Art (9 Photos vol. 2)

When People Become Part of the Artwork

A visitor grabs a flying bronze girl by the leg, another tries to pull a heart-print cloth away from SCAF’s giant squirrel, and a real parking space finishes a CHEONE illusion. In these nine photos, people, animals, and city details step in to complete the artwork.

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📱 Something to Show the Allies — By Lawrence Holofcener in London, England 🇬🇧

A visitor has something on his phone that apparently needs the attention of both Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Their seated poses do the rest: what was a conversation in bronze becomes three people sharing a screen.

💡 Peace Fact: Allies was a gift from the Bond Street Association to the City of Westminster to mark 50 years of peace. Princess Margaret unveiled the New Bond Street bench on May 2, 1995.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsAlliesLawrence Holofcener · 1995 · New Bond Street, LondonLife-size bronzeGift to Westminster50 years of peace1Princess Margaret unveiled it on 2 May 1995, a gift from the Bond Street Association to mark 50 years of peace.London Remembers2Holofcener later made 50 quarter-size maquettes, copying his own bench on Bond Street, according to Westminster Extra.Westminster Extra19952 MayUnveiled · Bond Street20075 JulRow17 photo, on Commons20101 MayJohn Allan photo, on Commons201116 DecJohn Salmon photo, on Commons201210 SepThomas Nugent photo, on Commons201422 MarFlickr photo, on Commons201610 MayDavid Howard photo, on Commons202212 SepMatt Brown photo, on Commons20232 MayColin Smith photo, on Commons202422 NovMatt Brown photo, on CommonsRead the full file →

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🐕 Tug of War

The bronze dog already has a girl’s skirt in its teeth. A real dog walks up, grabs the bronze dog’s tail, and adds itself to the end of the chain.

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🕺 Join the Circle

The bronze children run in a chain, and the last girl is already swinging through the air. One visitor grabs her leg and stretches out flat on the ground, as if he got pulled along too.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsCrack the WhipJ. Seward Johnson Jr. · Navy Pier, ChicagoEight childrenOne girl lost her shoeInstalled 1996 (Navy Pier)1According to Navy Pier, a girl at one end appears to be falling but is held up by the others, who all lean back.Navy Pier2According to English Wikipedia, one copy was installed in a cemetery in Flint, Michigan.Wikipedia1996Installed · Navy Pier201228 JulBlog post with photos201314 AugVisitor’s blog post202112 SepBruce Leighty photo, Alamy202311 AugPhoto on Wikipedia · camera dateRead the full file →

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♿ The Parking Space Joins In — By CHEONE

CHEONE’s painted hands hold a yellow spray can and a wheelchair stencil. On the real parking bay below, the same yellow symbol looks freshly sprayed.

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🎒 Last in Line

The boy slips into the one open space and faces the same direction as the bronze children. His backpack makes him look like the only member of the line who might walk away.

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🐿️ Hold On — By SCAF

SCAF’s squirrel grips one end of the heart-print cloth while the visitor pulls the other. Neither side looks ready to let go.

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🐕 Meet Your Double — By Jakub Tsau in Třebíč, Czech Republic 🇨🇿

The painted bull terrier fills the wall. Directly below, a real dog and its owner mirror the setup at street level. Tsau shared the finished wall from Třebíč, which hosted Graffiti Rock Jam Vol. 18 on July 17–19, 2026.

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👕 Caught by the Shirt — By CHEONE

A painted hand pinches the back of the visitor’s shirt. His forward lean completes the illusion, as if the wall has caught him trying to leave.

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👮 The Lucky Belly — By András Illyés in Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

The visitor rests one hand on the polished belly of the Fat Policeman on Zrínyi Street, which András Illyés cast in bronze in 2008. The bright spot shows where people keep reaching: passersby rub it for good luck.

📂 Artwork File · Sourced factsThe Fat PolicemanAndrás Illyés · 2008 · Zrínyi utca, BudapestLife-size bronzeNo pedestalOfficer no. 2351Unveiled in October 2008, the statue “also set off arguments in the media”, according to Népújság, which visited it in 2013.Népújság2According to We Love Budapest, a caricature of old Pest characters and the artist’s grandfather inspired the figure.We Love Budapest200820 OctMTI: unveiled200920 MayCommons photo20114 JulCommons photo201322 FebNépújság visit20144 SepFlickr photo, on Commons201626 SepFlickr photo, on Commons201920 NovCommons photo202325 DecCommons photo20262 AprTagzania photo, on Commons202627 SepCommons photoRead the full file →

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