A selection of strange monuments from sculptors with violent imagination (11 photos)

Many people are accustomed to perceive monuments exclusively as a tribute to one or another famous historical figure. But also in cities you can find different sculptures created just for the sake of city decorations. Perhaps all these "stone" products are more interesting birds, not people. However, some works are so sudden and original, that one involuntarily thinks: what in general did the sculptors mean by this? It is to such unusual sculptures and this post is about.

Kissing dinosaurs on the border between China and Mongolia





Table fork in Switzerland



Hanging man in Prague





According to the author's idea, Sigmund Freud is depicted, but many see Vladimir Lenin in the hanging man.

Monument to homeless cats in Germany



Huge table lamp in Sweden



The height of this table lamp is 5.8 meters. She can speak a few phrases in Swedish in a robotic voice and serves as a great street lantern. All year the lamp roams the streets of Malmö, and before At Christmas, she is returned to the main square.

"Where are you going?" or "Quo vadis" in front of the German embassy in Prague



Giant clothespin in Philadelphia



According to legend, this monument was erected by some enterprising an American who made his fortune in the manufacture of clothespins. However, on in fact, it is the work of the sculptor Klaus Oldenburg.

Frog Bridge in Connecticut






On different sides of the bridge, visitors are greeted by four huge frog statues.

Saint Wenceslas on an upside down horse⁠⁠ in Prague



Monument to the workaholic in Los Angeles