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Art is supposed to challenge us. Challenge our beliefs, our prejudices and even our concepts of what we believe to be possible.
Sculptures are a great medium for this, as they allow the artist to play tricks on the eye and mess with the viewer’s concepts of logic. This collection of sculptures, compiled by Bored Panda, do just that. Calling into question the laws of gravity and physics they make you wonder, how the heck did they do that? From incredible feats of balance on a grand scale, to just plain head-scratching sorcery, this list has it all!
Scroll down to below to check them out for yourself, and prepare to be bamboozled by these gorgeous and gravity defying pieces. Don’t forget to upvote your faves!
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#1
The Force Of Nature By Lorenzo Quinn
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
Everything about this sculpture is so mesmerizing, the color, the wrinkles/waves on dress, the shining globe, background. Can be printed, framed and put on desk.
Linda Christian 7 years ago
I see her as spinning the ball and trancifical force
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Bored Fangirl 7 years ago
Evidently, the sorceress has encountered the annoyance of her robe being blown in her face by the wind while riding her magical orb.
Pattie Kelly 7 years ago
I am the "Lady of the Sea" and Earth can not survive without my tides.
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#2
Wire Fairies By Robin Wight
Jef Bateman 7 years ago
These are nicely done. They took me out of the ordinary world for a minute. I would like to go and see them myself; it is hard to imagine exactly how they look from a few photos.
Anne-Sophie Matichard 7 years ago
The best part about these amazing sculptures is that they move with the wind !! =) https://youtu.be/tyO0HG72aEg
#3
Wursa By Daniel Firman
TheReader19 7 years ago
Thank goodness it's not just me, I would be literally tiptoeing up to it then run past like the clappers!
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Patty Falcon Bishop 7 years ago
That sculpture uses its own dedicated floor as the structural base, you can see the difference in the flooring. I bet the artist layed down a strong base with a rod, and the elephant itself is probably made of a really lightweight medium. My guess.
#4
Trans Ī Re By Fredrik Raddum
Bored Fangirl 7 years ago
Is anyone else seeing the bird representing hope? Or am I just weird?
I Love My Dog 7 years ago
You are not weird you just have a beautiful way of looking at the World.
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Sarmite Kraukle 7 years ago
Idea here is, if you are completely down you need something to help you lift yourself up, something what gives you hope and then you will rise again!
#5
Floating Stone By Smaban Abbas
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
Thanks to creative people, world gets interesting every day. Also, big thanks to internet to bring these creative things to our homes.
Carole Dose 7 years ago
Right down to the slack in the rope on the upper stone. Pure creativity!!
Sancha Fung 7 years ago
This is sooo cool! It’s like an invisible sting pulling it up (I hope that’s not the case)
Darla Johnson 7 years ago
There is a little face on the bottom rock... graffiti or purposeful?
#6
Coffee Kiss By Johnson Tsang
#7
Take My Lighting But Don't Steal My Thunder By Alex Chinneck
riz 7 years ago
The top half of the building is made of a very light material, and then attached to the green kiosk on the right. Floating-H...5a24d1.jpg 
Alexandru Bucur 7 years ago
Besides the fact the sculpture is made out of very light materials, the support structure for the upper part is actually hidden in the green "shack" at right. 1546010588...e7dc_b.jpg 
Stannous Flouride 7 years ago
Built from a steel frame and filcor, a type of expanded polystyrene, the 12-metre-long structure took 500 hours to shape using digital carving techniques and was painted to replicate the appearance of the existing building on the site. A four-tonne counterweight enables the suspension of the top half of the fake building. https://www.dezeen.com/2014/10/02/alex-chinneck-take-my-lightning-but-dont-steal-my-thunder-levitating-house-covent-garden/ Chinneck's architectural tricks are legendary. Google his name and see.
#8
Les Voyageurs By Bruno Catalano
#9
Book Sculptures By Alicia Martin
nimnimnim 7 years ago
The same could be said for many materials used in sculpture..... wood, fabric, leather, gold.... art is art!
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Jef Bateman 7 years ago
It is interesting that somebody with the architectural knowledge to build a structure sturdy enough to support something like this would dedicate her life to something so ephemeral as temporary art displays. People are amazing and mysterious.
Claire Armstrong 7 years ago
Couldn't agree more Devin Robinson lol! The horror! No way I'm showing my partner this one, I'd come home one day to find all my precious books flowing out their room 😱
#10
Wurf VI By Anna Borgman And Candy Lenk
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
Imagine, walking by this building and casually looking up, scared to death, scarred for life.
Chess Wizard 7 years ago
It's probably made out of something very lightweight, like polystyrene foam, which works rather well to mimic stone, and then was affixed to a platform, which was bolted to the deck.
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Pattie Kelly 7 years ago
"Honey I thought we talked about airing out your art work. You are freaking out people below"
Beatz Girl (Erica) 7 years ago
Imagine how the people who live in the apartment it's in front of feel whenever they go onto their balcony!
#11
Hyper-Realistic Illusions Carved Out Of Wood By Tom Eckert
just a thought ! 7 years ago
This is done so well that my mind that I can never believe that's wood unless I touch it ... My mind deceives me so much !
Jade Lorreni 7 years ago
It is carved out of wood and painted but it looks like fabric
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De Vaartkapoen By Tom Frantzen
Coralie Gerard 7 years ago
This one is in Brussels (in Molenbeek to be precise !) And the guy falling is a policeman ( that's their old uniform they don't dress like that anymore) That statue is about defying authority :) (http://www.tomfrantzen.be/en/artr.htm)
Coralie Gerard 7 years ago
no it's the name given to the people who were born in Molenbeek (literally "de vaart" means "the canal" and "kapoen" means cheeky) (http://www.tomfrantzen.be/en/artr.htm)
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Window With Ladder - Too Late For Help By Leandro Erlich
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
Does it represent destruction after war? or Steps and window to nowhere? Oblivion?
Carole Dose 7 years ago
Cue the music please..."How you gonna keep them down on the ground after they've seen Leandro Erlich?"
#14
Balancing Sculptures By Jerzy Kędziora
Kamy Sza 7 years ago
I think you can see these sculptures in Kraków, Poland, on Bernatka bridge:)
Magpie 7 years ago
How do they get it so they don't swing down ? .. Nevermind I will just enjoy and wonder from here.
Cosmin Ionascu 7 years ago
I was wondering the same thing, what if the wind blows a little harder? Really interesting nonetheless.
Load More Replies... Carole Dose 7 years ago
The first picture has another arm in the background. A tightrope walker?
Kenny Kulbiski 7 years ago
Enjoyed all of them. I can kinda, sorta, figure how most of them were done but not this one. Even if everything else is solid and welded it still ought to twist at the tree. I'm stumped, amazed and loving it.
Darla Johnson 7 years ago
Imagine looking up and seeing this person up there, not moving, then realizing it’s a statue. I would be scared that it would fall on me. Anyone else feel this way?
Sayouri H 7 years ago
That is the question I was looking for. Someone please answer.
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Car Sculptures By Gerry Judah
Ann Ros'a 7 years ago
Most likely w/o engines and interiors, etc... just a shell to keep weight down.
Load More Replies... Mixedupste 7 years ago
Goodwood Festival always come up with amazing structures to go in front of the house! The Audi one a few years ago was amazing!
#16
Pentateuque By Fabien Mérelle
Jef Bateman 7 years ago
Here in the US, the elephant represents the Republican Party. I'm not saying this sculpture has anything to do with that--I'm just sayin'.
#17
The Virgins Of Apeldoorn By Elisabet Stienstra
Taryn Wallace 7 years ago
What is wrong with you guys CLEARLY these are statues depicting the torture of Muggles by Deatheaters!!! This is just another example of how the MoM is turning their head away from actual problems!!!
a l w a y s t i r e d 7 years ago
oooh... kind of creepy. imagine walking by these at night and not knowing they're statues...
Bored Fangirl 7 years ago
Looks like the death eaters are at it again…someone fire the Dark Mark
#18
Monte-Meubles, L’Ultime Déménagement - Leandro Erlich
#19
Stone Balancing By Adrian Gray
#20
Abedo By Emil Alzamora
Betsy Braddock 7 years ago
I feel like making the lower half solid & the upper hollow would make this work. Execution is what baffles me. I don't know how one would achieve such clean lines if that's what they did.
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#21
Pick Yourself Up And Pull Yourself Together By Alex Chinneck
Ladies and Gentlemen 7 years ago
Giant Ferris wheel in background, makes this image more interesting!
Mylah Rose 7 years ago
Saw this one too! The building behind it is Shell Centre, I used to work there. It's just opposite the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, and yes that's the London Eye behind it :)
#22
Suspended By Menashe Kadishman
just a thought ! 7 years ago
Reminded me of the hydraulic press videos 😂😂😂
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Chris Yerkes 7 years ago
Not golf course but an awesome, huge sculpture park http://stormking.org/artist/menashe-kadishman/
Carole Dose 7 years ago
To complete the optical illusion, the people should be standing on the shadow--and it would be safer as well.
#23
Michael Jones Sculpture By Jerzy Kędziora
Geoffrey Dale 7 years ago
Natalie Stamilla sculpture of Michale Jones scoring the first try of the first Rugby World Cup 1987.NOT Jerzy Kędziora
#24
La Voiture Sur Le Lampadaire By Benedetto Bufalino
BREAK YOUr perceptions 7 years ago
i was going to say this looks fake, but after doing a google search with artist name i was able to find a few other pictures from different angles.
person (i think) 7 years ago
Wait, _this_ is the one that looks fake to you? This one looks like the easiest to accomplish to me....
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Dee Cruit Cooley 7 years ago
We had a car on a pole in Ohio where I grew up, we loved seeing it. It was really cool (as kids) trying to figure out how they drove it up there! LoL
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Hari Onago 7 years ago
I enjoyed this post tremendously. I would love to see more posts like these on BP! 'The Force of Nature' took my breath away.
Geoffrey Dale 7 years ago
You have the wrong name on Natalie Stamilla's sculpture of the rugby place Michael Jones at Eden Park in Auckland. Not Jerzy Kędziora
jacluckycat 7 years ago
These kinds of posts, which seem to be further and few between, are my favourite. I wish there was more art and less celebrity clap-backs and overheard conversations.
Deidre Bell 7 years ago
Fabulous there are some very clever and talented people with fantastic imaginations..
Hari Onago 7 years ago
I enjoyed this post tremendously. I would love to see more posts like these on BP! 'The Force of Nature' took my breath away.
Geoffrey Dale 7 years ago
You have the wrong name on Natalie Stamilla's sculpture of the rugby place Michael Jones at Eden Park in Auckland. Not Jerzy Kędziora
jacluckycat 7 years ago
These kinds of posts, which seem to be further and few between, are my favourite. I wish there was more art and less celebrity clap-backs and overheard conversations.
Deidre Bell 7 years ago
Fabulous there are some very clever and talented people with fantastic imaginations..
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