Art is not what you see, but what you make others see,” said legendary French artist and sculptor Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917). To create a successful illusion, an artist has to take into account the cues that people use to make sense of the world and manipulate the brain’s tendencies to make assumptions about its surroundings.
On that note, today’s post is a collection of mind-boggling sculptures from all over the world that appear to defy the laws of physics. Created by master craftsmen, these sculptures are a testament to the creative power of the human mind and an artist’s ability to suspend our belief in the norm. Check them out below.
1. Human Figure by Emil Alzamora
Location: New York, USA
2. Planet by Marc Quinn
Location: Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
3. Lucky Country by Norton Flavel
Location: Cottesloe Beach, Perth, Australia
4. Floating Stone by Smaban Abbas
Location: Cairo Airport, Egypt
5. Balancing Sculpture by Jerzy Kędziora
Location: UAE
6. Cantamar by Woods Davy
7. Michael Jones Sculpture by Natalie Stamilla
Location: Eden Park, Aukland, New Zealand
8. Boy on a Dolphin by Sir David Wynne
Location: Cheyne Walk, London, England
9. The Arrows (Porsche) by Gerry Judah
Location: Goodwood Festival of Speed, West Sussex, England
10. Gymnast by Jerzy Kedziora
Location: Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai, UAE
11. Rock Balancing by Michael Grab
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
12. Vauxhall Corsa by Alex Chinneck
Location: Southbank Centre, London, England
13. Diminish and Ascend by David McCracken
Location: Bondi, Australia
14. Nasutamanus by Daniel Firman
Location: The Circus as a Parallel Universe, Vienna, Austria
15. Giant Tap
Location: Swiss Science Center, Winterthur, Switzerland
16. Appearance/Emptiness by Sukhi Barber
17. Suspended
Location: Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, USA
18. Jaguar – The E Type by Gerry Judah
Location: Goodwood Festival of Speed, Sussex, England
19. The Ultimate Move by Leandro Erlich
Location: Art Journey Festival, Nantes, France
20. “Take My Lightning But Don’t Steal My Thunder” by Alex Chinneck.
Location: Covent Garden, London, England
21. Gran Elefandret by Miquel Barceló
Location: Union Square, New York, USA
22. Big Rig Jig by Mike Ross
Location: Burning Man, Nevada, USA
23. Tour Consolle Cattelan Italia by Giorgio Cattelan
24. Force of Nature by Lorenzo Quinn
Location: Doha, Qatar
25. Les Voyageurs by Bruno Catalano
Location: Marseilles, France