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Fun sculptures by Spanish artist Santi Flores. He says they are figures showing individuality but demonstrating we can all come together . . . maybe. I just saw all these hands raised like excited children waving a greeting. They're lots of fun on Broadway between 40th and 38th Streets. I like the way they look like they're tickling the buildings.
Part of the "From Sea to Shining Sea" exhibit this summer downtown. Houses designed created by Tom Fruin, Brooklyn artist.
Penetanguishene -Ontario
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The Meeting statue is a celebration of two people, two faiths and two distinct cultures coming together 400 years ago. In 1615, Chief Aenon of the Huron Wendat presents the Wampum belt, a symbolic gesture of friendship and alliance to welcome Samuel de Champlain and the French people to their land.
Downtown Redding, California
Quite a show above a downtown plaza that we just happened onto! On a website I saw the numerous sponsors and volunteers referred to as "Umbrella Allies."
Thufa (Þúfa) in Reykjavik is designed by the Icelandic artist Ólöf Nordal in 2013. Thufa is a large, grassy, dome shaped hillock, 8 meter high and 26 meters in diameter. This grassy mound was constructed out of 4500 tons of gravel.
From the ground, there is a spiral path around the hill to walk up to the top. At the top, there is a tiny shack similar to the old shacks that Icelanders used to dry fish.
Thufa is set at the harbor mouth in the Grandi area and offers fine views of the Old Harbor, Faxa Bay, Harpa and Mount Esja.
This public art is meant to be walked up.
Excerpt from torontoed.com:
The Water Wall mural, on the east side of the underpass, is inspired by the work of Josephine Mandamin, an Anishabaabewe grandmother who has walked almost 18,000 kilometres around each of the Great Lakes in order to bring attention to the physical plight of the planet’s greatest resource, water.
Excerpt from www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34744836:
Gangnam Style statue
The metal sculpture will show two fists overlapped in the style of the song's "horse-riding" dance move.
It will be erected outside the COEX shopping centre, where part of the video was filmed.
Gangnam Style was released by South Korean singer Psy in 2012 and remains the most-watched YouTube video ever.
It has been viewed more than 2.4 billion times.
Gangnam tourism director Park Hee-Soo said he hoped the statue would "become a landmark for our district".
"Tourists can take pictures under the statue and the song will play automatically when you stand there," he added.
The Seafarers Monument or Sofartsmonumentet is situated in the Langelinie Park towards the Langelinie Marina. It commemorates the 648 Danish Merchant seaman who died at sea during WWI.
The monument, which was inaugerated in 1928, has a large winged female figure at the top that depicts "Mindset" (the memory) with a number of narrative reliefs on the base that also have inscriptions of the names of the ships and the men lost at sea.
Closer view of the mesh panels in the perevious image. The hangings include the butterfly, but a closer look shows a fish and a number of hanging pots with plants.
Heroes Square decorated with the city name during the Budapest Spring Festival. Ever since I saw the sign I knew I wanted to take a photo of it using the fisheye. As you can imagine, it's very popular with tourists, so I had to wait for a bit till there was no one in front of it.
Excerpt from the booklet Fun-Filled Sha Tau Kok:
Murals featuring the heritage of Sha Tau Kok:
To experience a stroll by the sea, there is no better place than the long catwalk of the pier which extends far into the middle of the sea. The walls along the catwalk are decorated with murals depicting the people, places and stories in Sha Tau Kok painted by local primary school students.
Excerpt from ro.pinterest.com/pin/42854633943872837/:
The Angel - Nijmegen, Holland: In 1874 Nijmegen was no longer a garrison town and such a railway could be built and cause trade in Nijmegen to flourish. The statue in the form of Victoria, the Roman Goddess of Victory, symbolises the triumph over the long isolation of Nijmegen as a garrison town.