16 Sculptures You"ll Fall In Love With

Sculptures, statues, and public art, they’re integral to and definitive of a particular city. The visual creativity a city decides to display on their street is usually one of its biggest claims to fame. Public art contributes to the beauty, desirability, and overall livability of a city while also helping promote it as a tourist attraction. 

Some cities have a much better understanding of this concept but generally, more and more, small and large cities are getting into the public art, creative game. To see the breadth and depth of this practice I’ve put together a list of some of the most beautiful and creative sculptures from around the world. Let’s take a look at how creativity has manifested itself for years upon years in so many different places. 

1. Awakening in Prince George’s County, Maryland 

This was created by J. Seward Jr., first in East Potomac Park in Washington D.C. before being moved to the National Harbor resort in Maryland. The giant is 21 meters high and appears to be struggling to get up from the ground. 

2. The Shoes on the Danube Bank in Budapest, Hungary

This memorial was conceived of by film director Can Togay with sculptor Gyula Pauer to commemorate the Jewish people killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in WWII. The men were ordered to take off their shoes and they were then shot so their bodies would fall into the water (leaving their shoes on the bank). Therefore, the sculpture honors the men in the face of this terrible act. 

3. Franz Kafka Monument, Prague, Czech Republic 

This statue was erected to commemorate one of the most influential and experimental authors of the 20th century. Placed directly in the square under his home window, Kafka walked about this area every day of his life.  

4. Expansion, pictured here in New York City