Classic statues in the present time

Romanian artist Dan Cretu puts classic statues in the present time. And he does a very good job!

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Oh my! ... Sometimes I have the feeling I know nothing - Nasothek & China Girls

You are never too old to learn something. One of the things my 18y old daughter remembers is me telling her: "That's general knowledge. It's something you just have to know." Very annoying, I know. Just now, in one newsletter I saw two posts with subjects I've never heard from. Shame on me!

Nasothek (via):

A collection of noses. That has to do with preservation of art. In the 19th century people replaced the broken off noses from statues with new ones. Later they decided that doing that you spoiled the work of art, so they took them off again. These noses were sometimes collected and displayed ... Nasothek.

China girls (via):

No this has nothing to do with David Bowie. These were the models photographed and put at the beginning of old movies. To calibrate the equipment.
The Chicago Film Society started to collect them in 2011.

High Speed Photographer Martin Klimas

Awesome photo series of falling porcelain statues by high speed photographer Martin Klimas.

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What Is This Huge Neon Lenin Doing?

Yes, that's correct, he's pissing. Like the small guy in Belgium. A big neo Lenin pissing. If you want to see it with your own eyes you have to travel to Krakau, Poland. And oh ... it's art.

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Bambi By H.R. Giger

I love this Bambi Alien by H.R. Giger. It looks cute!

Santa Claus ... I've been good

Wow! 2 statues I would love to find underneath the Christmas tree.

Bad Apple is a graffiti artwork by french artist GOIN.:

And a Japanese “X-ray McSuper-Sized” Ronald McDonald toy also via

Don't Smoke ...

I smoke. Basically I agree with this 'thing' (found in Amsterdam btw). But I like it both unfortunately.

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Jesus Inspirational Sport Statues

WTF?!

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