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Found 49 sculptures.

Informational kiosk for Running Fence stands on a grassy lawn near a split-rail fence.

Running Fence

A temporary white fabric fence stretched across California hills to the Pacific Ocean.

 Cloud Fortress in the foreground with the Twin Towers rising behind it against a blue sky.

Cloud Fortress

An abstract granite-and-steel work of two upward-tilting pyramids.

 Rock on Top of Another Rock stacked on a grassy lawn with trees and people in the background

Rock on Top of Another Rock

A monumental balancing pair of granite boulders, first seen on Norway’s scenic routes.

 Wind Wand sculpture with a crimson rod rising from a rounded dome against a blue sky.

Wind Wand

A red fibreglass kinetic sculpture that bends in the wind and glows at night.

 Cloud Shepherd bronze abstract sculpture with smooth organic contours on a tiled outdoor plaza.

Cloud Shepherd

A wavy form inspired by clouds, hills, and lakes, with Surrealist and Dada elements.

 Continuum sculpture with dark metal looping ribbons forming circular openings.

Continuum

Eight black-painted bronze forms rise on an elevated base.

 Quantum Cloud sculpture of thin dark metal rods forming a large oval shape beside the water.

Quantum Cloud

A towering lattice of steel tetrahedra with a figure-like core.

 The Whirling Ear sculpture rising from a dark base in a shallow circular pool of water.

The Whirling Ear

A motorized Calder sculpture of sheet metal and paint, created for Expo 58.

 Light-grey tubular sculpture by Brigitte und Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff in a city plaza, with a historic church ruin in the background.

Berlin

Intertwined and broken steel tubes symbolize a city divided and united.

 The Skylon, a tall slender pointed framework structure, rises against a bright sky.

Skylon

A slender, vertical steel form that seemed to float above the ground.

 Delta Solar sculpture with reflective triangular panels rising above a dark pool of water.

Delta Solar

Abstract stainless steel forms move in the breeze above a reflective basin.

 Rainy Taxi suspended between stone buildings and a glass dome under a blue sky.

Rainy Taxi

A black Cadillac becomes a drenched surreal scene with plants, snails, and falling rain.

 The Fork of Vevey sculpture stands upright in calm water with its reflection visible.

Fork of Vevey

A giant stainless steel fork standing on the shore of Lake Geneva.

 Éole, a large white curved sculpture on a rocky breakwater beside sailboats in a marina.

Éole

A four-ton metal wind vane crowns a breakwater near Lausanne’s marina.

 Fire and Water Fountain illuminated in a city square at dusk, with colorful vertical panels and arcing water jets.

Fire and Water Fountain

A kinetic fountain with illusion and movement in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square.

 Decorated stone wall of the Muretto di Alassio with a sign at the top and ceramic tiles covered in signatures and sketches.

The Muretto of Alassio

A stone wall decorated with ceramic tiles, signatures, and small sculptures.

 The Defender of Time clockwork sculpture on a building wall in Paris, showing a golden beast, a sphere, and a small sword-bearing figure.

The Defender of Time

An animated clockwork scene featuring combat among symbolic figures.

 The Hand sculpture rising from the sand on a beach with the ocean and blue sky in the background.

The Hand

Five fingers seem to rise from the sand on a beach in Punta del Este.

 The Caress of a Bird sculpture with stacked colorful abstract shapes on a green pillar.

The Caress of a Bird

A painted surreal bronze figure assembled from found objects and symbolic forms.

 A mature tree stands beside a dark basalt stone pillar in the 7000 Oaks installation.

7000 Oaks

An ambitious ecological intervention reshaping Kassel’s urban landscape over several years.

 Cadillac Ranch cars covered in graffiti stand buried nose-first in a flat dirt field under a clear blue sky.

Cadillac Ranch

Ten Cadillacs buried nose-first at the same angle as the pyramids of Giza.

 Vegreville pysanka egg sculpture with geometric black, gold, and white patterns outdoors.

Vegreville egg

A giant Ukrainian pysanka made from anodized aluminum plates.

 Blue Euro sculpture with yellow stars in front of modern glass skyscrapers.

Euro Sculpture

A monumental blue euro sign ringed by twelve yellow stars.

 An inverted white porcelain urinal signed R. Mutt 1917 near the base.

Fountain

An inverted porcelain urinal signed in black ink and transformed into art.

 Topos V, a dark geometric sculpture with cutouts, stands in front of historic stone buildings in Barcelona.

Topos V

An iron geometric form that contrasts with the medieval architecture around it.

 Elogio del Horizonte, a large concrete sculpture with a curved opening, standing on a grassy slope above the sea.

Elogio del Horizonte

A monumental concrete work that marks a key moment in Chillida’s career.

 Kryptos bronze sculpture covered with carved capital letters, standing outdoors near stone benches and trees.

Kryptos

A sculptural puzzle of encrypted messages that continues to challenge codebreakers.

 The Headington Shark sculpture plunging into the roof of a red brick building under a blue sky.

Headington Shark

A rooftop fiberglass shark created as a warning about nuclear power.

 Traffic Light Tree sculpture glowing with red, green, and amber lights at night

Traffic Light Tree

An eight-metre sculpture with 75 computer-controlled sets of lights.

 The Tetrahedron steel sculpture stands on tall white pillars with staircases and viewing platforms, with people walking nearby under a blue sky.

Tetrahedron

A walkable steel tetrahedron standing on four tall concrete pillars.

 The Unisphere steel globe sculpture with orbital rings, surrounded by water fountains under an overcast sky.

Unisphere

A stainless steel globe symbolizing global interdependence and the space age.

 Flamingo, a large red abstract steel sculpture, stands in a city plaza with tall buildings in the background and a person near its base.

Flamingo

A towering red steel stabile that energizes Chicago’s Federal Plaza.

 Norra skenet stainless steel sculpture with reflective metal bars rising diagonally on a lawn.

Norra skenet

Polished steel tubes form a diagonal composition inspired by the northern lights.

 Buscando la Luz II sculpture with three tall rust-patinated metal forms on a grassy lawn.

Buscando la Luz II

A nearly three-metre steel work made of three funnel-like forms.

 The Senster sculpture with an arched skeletal metal frame, three legs, and cables draped across its structure.

Senster

A three-legged, giraffe-like robotic artwork that responds to sound and movement.

 The Green Cathedral vine-covered archway with a path leading through it beside a dense hedge and benches.

The Green Cathedral

A planted cathedral shaped by rows of Italian poplars in a polder landscape.

 Spindle sculpture in Berwyn, Illinois, with eight cars stacked on a vertical spike against a clear blue sky.

Spindle

A 15-meter assemblage of eight cars stacked on a single spike.

 Ad Astra sculpture with a tall metallic spire and radiating spikes against a blue sky.

Ad Astra

A polished gold abstract sculpture symbolizing humanity’s conquest of space.

 Bernar Venet’s Arc de 124,5° sculpture rising over a grassy area with bare trees and city buildings in the background.

Arc de 124,5°

A towering Corten steel arc installed on a Berlin traffic island.

 The Bucket Fountain with red and yellow buckets tipping water into a shallow pool in Wellington.

The Bucket Fountain

A kinetic fountain of tipping buckets that splashes water across the mall.

 Barnett Newman’s Broken Obelisk sculpture rising from a reflecting pool with trees and a light-toned building behind it.

Broken Obelisk

A monumental Cor-Ten steel form that became a symbol of controversy and modern sculpture.

 The Wall sculpture on a bright blue building facade with rows of teal projections above a beige lower section.

The Wall

A minimalist artwork built into a SoHo building, later removed and reinstalled.

 Heureka sculpture standing on a grassy lawn beside Lake Zurich, with mountains in the distance.

Heureka

A towering machine-sculpture made from reclaimed metals for Expo 1964.

 The LOVE sculpture in Chelsea, New York, with a blue L and white tilted LO and VE letters accented in red and brown.

Love

Bold stacked letters in Didone type, with the O tilted at a 45° angle.

 Pi-Chacán stone sculpture with a vertical vulva-like opening and subtle facial features at the top.

Pi-Chacán

A monumental red marble vulva placed at the University of Tübingen.

 The World Clock in Alexanderplatz, a cylindrical public clock with city names and times beneath a globe structure.

World Clock

A towering mechanical clock showing time in 148 cities worldwide.

 Pope Leo XIV in white clerical vestments stands in front of The Resurrection sculpture, smiling and waving.

The Resurrection

Christ rises from a nuclear crater in a dramatic vision of violence and hope.

 The Picasso sculpture in Chicago framed against the Richard J. Daley Center, with an American flag visible above.

The Picasso

A monumental abstract steel landmark known for its playful, climbable form.

 Salvador Dalí’s Lobster Telephone, showing a black rotary phone with a reddish-orange lobster on the cradle.

Lobster Telephone

A working phone topped with a plaster lobster, blending humor and unease.