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A Finnish Factory Worker Dies, Leaving Behind A Wonderland Sculpture Garden

Tue, 21 May 2019 17:30:41 +0300

Veijo Rönkkönen (1942-2010) built remarkable park in Koitsanlahti, Parikkala, close to the Russian border in Finland. He worked on the site of some half a hectare for nearly 50 years. His hard work resulted in about 560 concrete statues and a magnificent garden. The young Veijo Rönkkönen was known to be very guarded. Art making was his way of communicating with the outside world.

20 World-Famous Buildings And Statues In The Middle Of Their Construction

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:02:37 +0300

Although only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the modern world can surely boast with a number of memorable architectural monuments. Scroll down below to see what famous structures looked like while they were being built.

400-Year-Old Statue Destroyed By Selfie-Taking Tourist In Lisbon Museum

Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:37:39 +0300

The statue I’m talking about is the one of Saint Michael that was stationed at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon. During the free-entrance-Sunday, a Brazilian tourist was trying to snap a selfie and as he was backing off, he knocked the sculpture to the ground, shattering it beyond repair.

Monumental Nobodies – When Greek statues are victims of anachronism

Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:55:36 +0300

The Australian artist Matthew Quick continues to play with the image and aesthetics of classical sculpture with his amusing and offbeat creations, remorselessly abusing Greek statues, artworks from Belle Epoque and other representations from antiquity with a massive use of anachronisms.

This Polish Statue Looks Like Darth Vader After A Snowy Day

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:05:26 +0300

When Jakub Wejher founded the town of Wejherowo in 1643, he never thought he would be declared a Sith Lord in 2016. But little did he know that a statue of him in the town square, when covered in snow, would reveal his true identity: Darth Vader.

People Who Ruined These Statues In The Best Way Possible

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 11:59:28 +0300

Where you see a statue, they see an opportunity for hilarity.

Reasons Why Statues Don't Have to be Boring

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:13:19 +0400

Statues are by definition boring. Since, you know, they basically just stand there. However, things can get interesting when their flesh and blood counterparts get creative…

Finland's 'Magic Forest' Is Actually A Place You'll Want To Avoid

Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:44:55 +0400

If (like many) you found Singapore’s Frightening Theme Park Dedicated To Chinese Mythology a little too confronting, but still want to seek out the unusual and strange, you could always pay a visit to the “Magic Forest” in Imatra, Finland. Whether by choice or just bad design, it’s a forest littered with unsettling stone mannequins whose’s expressions are almost as creepy as the scenarios they’re placed in. How about a moustached made in a sharp blue seat, handcuffing a teenager to a tree and beating him with a cane? Or maybe you’d be more interested in a tall lanky local flasher?