Statues and sculptures were created by many talented artists for thousands of years. In the past, statues and sculptures were made to represent the most powerful figure of the century, worship religious figures, or pay homage to military figures. But now it became closer to the public as the genre ‘public art’ evolved through time.
It’s all over the city and you can just walk around your neighborhood and find a sculpture or statue. There are a variety of styles and some seem to catch more attention than others. Here are 45 mind-blowing sculptures and statues from around the world.
1) Knife Angel
2) The Mustangs of Las Colinas
3) Spring Temple Buddha
4) Expansion
5) The Laykyun Setkyar
6) The Monument of An Anonymous Passerby
7) Transcendence
8) First Generation
9) Shoes on the Danube Bank
10) The Knotted Gun a.k.a. Non-Violence
11) Freedom Sculpture
12) The Release from Deception
13) The Black Ghost
14) Les Voyageurs
15) Nelson Mandela
16) Vaartkapoen
17) Cattle Drive

18) Maman
19) Hippo Sculptures
20) The Architectural Fragment
21) Čumil
22) Iguana Park
23) Mihai Eminescu Bust
24) Man Hanging Out
25) The Kelpies
26) A Day Out
27) The Unknown Official
28) The Headington Shark
29) Emperors Yan and Huang
30) Rock Sculpture of Decebalus
31) Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue
32) Ushiku Daibutsu
33) Guishan Guanyin of the Thousand Hands and Eyes
34) The Motherland Calls
35) Christ the Redeemer
36) African Renaissance Monument
37) Dandelion Fairy Sculpture
38) Appennine Colossus
39) The Force of Nature
40) The Caring Hand
41) Feltpve
42) Vicissitudes
43) Love
44) Rain
45) The Rising Tide