vote for the most terrifying gigantic statue of all time

Don't get me wrong, I love the fucking thing. But it freaks me out a little.

Ernst Neizvestny's art is well worth GISing btw

https://68.media.tumblr.com/5cf3b5b3cc438e9fbc48995ab99fb205/tumblr_ornxpxkDWJ1qz9ct7o1_1280.jpg

Is he holding a fire hose in his left hand

https://www.nowness.com/series/portrait-of-a-place/tsonjil-boldog?utm_source=FB&utm_medium=SM&utm_campaign=FB110717

when they're not terrifying gigantic statues can be very relaxing

Dignity is a sculpture on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota. The 50-foot high stainless steel statue, by South Dakota artist laureate Dale Lamphere, depicts an Indigenous woman in Plains-style dress receiving a star quilt. According to Lamphere, the sculpture honors the culture of the Lakota and Dakota peoples who are indigenous to South Dakota.

https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20228454_10209724558890550_4362344120271813478_n.jpg?oh=5c998e30095da7facf38641d7378c142&oe=5A077A52

Almost looks like some Soviet era thing with the flattened planes and sharp angles but I kind of like it.

https://japantoday-asset.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/img/store/d6/13/497fa78322007c04b80e30b00292b30c0dbf/ofunamain/_w1700.jpgp

saw this one earlier this week, didn't know it was there until we turned a corner and it took my breath away

er here
https://japantoday-asset.scdn3.secure.raxcdn.com/img/store/d6/13/497fa78322007c04b80e30b00292b30c0dbf/ofunamain/_w1700.jpg

Prepare to be perplexed by the "spomenik," dozens of Brutalist/alien WWII monuments built from the '60s to the '80s all over Yugoslavia.

https://espionart.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/spomenik1.jpg?w=800

Check out the Spomenik Database for tons of pix.

Those look like fragments left behind by the Elder Gods.

Also, did anyone else on here get a little bit of a Dr. Doom vibe from the Dignity statue?

top right is like the evil stained glass sculptures in The Last Guardian

43 president head statues.

https://advent✧✧✧.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Presidents-Heads-Photo-credit-Laurie-Colli✧✧✧@dccitygirl-1180x✧✧✧.j✧✧

Story here: https://adventure.com/abandoned-presidents-heads/?utm_content=president+heads&utm_medium&utm_source=facebook

Oh well, pics at the link.

have we had this one yet?

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/08/a-gigantic-buddha-sculptures-emerges-from-the-top-of-a-hill-in-japan/

that is beautiful

the buddha silo

whoa that's amazing!

or you can go to his studio in Houston xp

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/david-adickes-sculpture-gallery

The replies to this tweet are well worth checking out for awesome statue action, even though plenty of them are neither terrifying nor gigantic:

What are your favorite public statues?

— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) August 17, 2017

http://www.colombia.travel/en/where-to-go/caribbean/barranquilla/activities/shakira-monument

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/3169096.jpg

Lucky that her statue is small and humble

A 17-Story Dragon Climbs Thailand’s Pink 80-Meter Buddhist Temple

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2017/12/17-story-dragon-temple/

we have a winner

holy shit that is awesome

Not unless it has a water slide inside the entire length of the body

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYVCz9k_sLY

Terrifying.

don't step on DEL noooooooooo

three horseman of the ctrl alt delocalypse

Cats!

https://dangerousminds.net/content/uploads/images/made/content/uploads/images/Ships-Cat-by-Kenji-Yanobe-6_465_349_int.jpg

from:
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/humongous_statues_of_cats_wearing_helmets

http://www.therwandan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/The-huge-statue-of-President-Jacob-Zuma-unveiled-in-Owerri..jpg

Odessa, Ukraine

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28575640_947367342085238_4933037017836392472_n.jpg?oh=b7ccf93dcc2c8fd8da6cc7ef190bec1f&oe=5B09A981

far too cute to scare

https://i.imgur.com/DyeCs1v.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jf5GCu9.jpg

i came across this while listening to ligeti's requiem and i nearly fell off my couch. luckily i was pretty deeply entrenched in the couch so i was able to stay on top of it.

Don't think this one's been posted yet. Kerala, India.

https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30124900_10155172525292032_8900071529027682688_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b6d32318e351fa516f8c43743dd4a0e2&oe=5B6A4A83

Having acute "wowwww" reactions to both of those

yeah holy cats @ both of these

it's interesting that the bird is on its back

coming out of self imposed exile for this one: Giant Javan Chicken Church

before
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3156330/Incredible-images-mysterious-abandoned-Chicken-Church-built-Indonesian-jungle-man-vision-God.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/10/15/2A69981C00000578-0-image-a-25_1436537756185.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/13/08/2A7C1A8F00000578-3156330-Comfortable_One_traveler_described_how_there_are_as_many_as_15_r-a-35_1436773189110.jpg

after
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/who-built-the-chicken-church-indonesia

http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/55039/image.jpg
http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/55096/image.jpg
http://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/54959/image.jpg

superb, wld also be a good place to set up a colony of noise dudes

http://cnet2.cbsistatic.com/img/esy2FJROGrsvRbBASYvyTpm99dQ=/2018/07/18/c9ab7216-c28c-4087-b4ca-253064f490e0/3.jpg

https://www.cnet.com/news/giant-jeff-goldblum-statue-erected-for-jurassic-park-anniversary/

https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2018/08/cau-vang-bridge-ta-andscape-architecture_dezeen_2364_hero2-852x479.jpg

Two giant hands hold up Golden Bridge in Vietnam

speaking of Vietnam, how dope is THIS

abandonedandurbex:

Abandoned waterpark Ho Thuy Tien in Vietnam (x-post evilbuildings) [3024 x 4032] https://t.co/3AWIavemq1 pic.twitter.com/6oPzJHPpdh

— Wᴀʀʀᴇɴ Eʟʟɪs (@warrenellis) August 9, 2018

Whoaaa

I've posted a pic of the Lord Murugan statue in Malaysia before - reposting again because the 272-steps behind it just got a new rainbow-themed paint job, likely aimed at attracting the instagram crowd.

https://www.buro247.my/thumb/625x1250_0/xbatu_caves_colourful_new_look_ca.jpg.pagespeed.ic.GLs1-5ZNfK.jpg

looks real pretty, though too bad they didn't seek permission before repainting.

great thread! here's a few from japan. first this mellow as fuck dude in Nanzo-in.

https://preview.ibb.co/d7fahz/nanzo_in.jpg

and then this moody rainy day shot in Nagasaki looks suitably freaky

https://preview.ibb.co/kQwsUe/nagasaki.jpg

here's that last one from another angle so you can see what she's standing on

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/235926075_f03074d669.jpg

love the chillaxin giant

xp is it Kannon then?