vote for the most terrifying gigantic statue of all time

Маска скорби "Mask of Sorrow" - a memorial in Magadan, dedicated to the memory of victims of political repression. The central monument is 15 meters high

Authors: sculptor - Ernst Neizvestny , architect - Kamil Kazayev.

The central sculpture of the memorial is a person's stylized face, from whose left eye tears flow in the form of small masks. The right eye is represented in the form of a window with a lattice. On the reverse side is a bronze sculpture of a weeping woman under a non-canonical crucifixion [1] . Inside the monument is a copy of a typical prison cell.

― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 07:58 (eight years ago)

The back:

http://i.imgur.com/3CLCNOw.jpg

― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 08:00 (eight years ago)

terrifying but i also kinda like it

― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:13 (eight years ago)

too sad and haunting to be straight up terrifying imo

― ogmor, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:14 (eight years ago)

Yeah I rather like that one. It has shades of Zladislaw Beksinski

― ultros ultros-ghali, Tuesday, 13 June 2017 14:16 (eight years ago)

man that is cool as hell

― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:50 (eight years ago)

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

― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:05 (eight years ago)

Ernst Neizvestny's art is well worth GISing btw

― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 13 June 2017 22:06 (eight years ago)

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

― 龜, Saturday, 17 June 2017 21:11 (eight years ago)

Is he holding a fire hose in his left hand

― the evening redness at the injection site (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 18 June 2017 09:29 (eight years ago)

three weeks pass...

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

― I'm make-believe. (jed_), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 23:42 (eight years ago)

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

― ogmor, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 08:04 (eight years ago)

two weeks pass...

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

― nickn, Saturday, 29 July 2017 05:18 (eight years ago)

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

― The Man Who Saw The Midwife (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 30 July 2017 08:05 (eight years ago)

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

― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 30 July 2017 08:22 (eight years ago)

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

― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 30 July 2017 08:23 (eight years ago)

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.

― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 03:59 (eight years ago)

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?

― Moodles, Tuesday, 1 August 2017 05:51 (eight years ago)

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

― André Ryu (Neil S), Tuesday, 1 August 2017 06:45 (eight years ago)

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

― nickn, Thursday, 3 August 2017 06:38 (eight years ago)

Oh well, pics at the link.

― nickn, Thursday, 3 August 2017 06:40 (eight years ago)

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/

― koogs, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:06 (eight years ago)

that is beautiful

― mh, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:08 (eight years ago)

the buddha silo

― ogmor, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:08 (eight years ago)

whoa that's amazing!

― new noise, Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:36 (eight years ago)

or you can go to his studio in Houston xp

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

― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 3 August 2017 14:48 (eight years ago)

two weeks pass...

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

― Moodles, Thursday, 17 August 2017 17:24 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

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

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

― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Monday, 25 September 2017 14:27 (eight years ago)

Lucky that her statue is small and humble

― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 28 September 2017 23:31 (eight years ago)

two months pass...

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

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

― koogs, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 21:29 (eight years ago)

we have a winner

holy shit that is awesome

― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 20 December 2017 02:35 (eight years ago)

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

― Evan, Wednesday, 20 December 2017 04:38 (eight years ago)

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

― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 29 December 2017 16:34 (eight years ago)

Terrifying.

― pplains, Friday, 29 December 2017 17:46 (eight years ago)

don't step on DEL noooooooooo

― Karl Malone, Friday, 29 December 2017 17:51 (eight years ago)

three horseman of the ctrl alt delocalypse

― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 29 December 2017 18:32 (eight years ago)

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

― nickn, Wednesday, 3 January 2018 18:25 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

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

― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 12:23 (eight years ago)

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