TALLINN, ESTONIA: BRICKS & MORTAR

Monument for The 1st Congress of Estonian Trade Unions
Artist: Aleksander Kaasik
Tallinn, Estonia πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ
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β€œCharles’s Church (Estonian: Kaarli kirik) is a Lutheran church. Built 1862–1870. It is Tallinn’s grandest 19th-century church.”
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Tallinn, Estonia πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ
13mar22
Name: Poisid Vihmavarjuga (English: Boys with an Umbrella)
πŸ§‘β€πŸŽ¨: Mare Mikoff
Date: 1985 (original), 2008 (recasted statue)
Materials used: Bronze (statue) and marble (pedestal)
Location: Kanuti Park (near Mere Puiestee in old town Tallinn)
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Tallinn, Estonia πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ
13mar22

TARTU, ESTONIA πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ STREET ART: OUT THERE

Father & Son sculpture: β€œUnveiled on Kuuni Street in Tartu on Child Protection Day on 1 June 2004, this bronze sculpture by Ulo Oun (1944-1988) is said by his widow Inara Oun to portray the sculptor himself with a child taking after their son Kristjan at the age of 18 months. The sculpture was created in 1977 before being cast in bronze in 1987. It was originally designed to be erected in Tallinn, but Tartu City Government bought the sculpture in autumn 2001.” https://www.thingstodopost.org/10-monuments-statues-in-tartu-county-that-you-shouldn-t-miss-500338
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15jan22 Tartu, Estonia πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ

NEW YORK CITY: SCULPTURAL BEAUTY

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“JEAN-MARC, 2012” (A Portrait of the artist Jean-Marc Bustamante) by Xavier Veilhan

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Venus de Milo sculptures by Jim Dine on 6th Avenue

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Opened on December 27, 1932

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Cuban patriot and author Jose Marti. Sculptor: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington. Location: Central Park South at Avenue of the Americas. Dedicated to the park in May 1965.

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World War 1, 107th Infantry Honored in Central Park.

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William Tecumseh Sherman, also known as the Sherman Memorial or Sherman Monument,Β is an outdoor sculpture of William Tecumseh Sherman by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, located at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York. Cast in 1902 and dedicated on May 30, 1903, the gilded-bronze monument consists of an equestrian statue and an allegorical female figure, Victory.Β Sherman was a bright military mind who served as a general in the Union Army. Saint-Gardens was an American sculptor (born in Dublin, Ireland) who gained notoriety for his sculptures of the Civil War. Victory is the Greek goddess Nike.Β 

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September 2017

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: FREE

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“Seamstress/Sewing Love” by artist crew Neopaint. A tribute to typical Hungarian life. Address:Β AkΓ‘cfa utca 41

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My favorite word/concept in the entire universe. You can have your love. You can have your money. I need my freedom. Feeling it more acutely now than ever before. With what is happening in my country now and Β with what is happening all over the world in general, and with what has happened throughout history… The idea that human beings can be chained, controlled, devalued, abused … I am finally recognizing the cruel absurdity of it all. The deeper I go, the freer I become. The more objects/thoughts I release, the more of a minimalist I become. I own very few things and I hold on to very little of my past. Freedom. Everyone should be FREE.

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My eyes see so much beauty in decay. This image has so much in it. Entrapment. A bit of an opening for a view. Tags from people who want to be seen by anyone and who want to live forever. Other tags/pieces worn away by Mother Nature and inevitable wear and tear of a building that once stood strong and had lots of life within it. Those were the days. And they aren’t coming back. So, let’s look at this as being new in its own way and see in it the beauty that it now possesses.Β 

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9sep17 Budapest, Hungary.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE: FOLLOWED BY RECONSTRUCTIONS

image image image imageThere is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions.”
― Victor Hugo, Les MisΓ©rables

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17oct15. Toulouse, France.

JEITA, LEBANON: THE GROTTO

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Below is “Moulin de Temps.” Sculpture de Rudy Rahme:

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Below is “The Guard of Time” de Tony Farrah:

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I went to Jeita today and explored the grotto, the undergound cave system. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures! But, here are some images from Jeita around the grotto. Jeita essentially means “roar” or “noise.” Most of the people who live here are followers of the Maronite Church.

26JUL13. Jeita, Lebanon.