Quick Pic: Steampunk Lincoln

"Steampunk Lincoln" by vex311

Source: Imgur via Reddit

Four score and seven gears ago, this small town bought to fruition a dream of a President stature of epic proportions.  And all was good... until the next town over built that Cyberpunk John Wilkes Booth.

Quick Pic: Dwarven Statue

"15 foot tall Dwarven statue at the Auckland Airport in New Zealand"

Source: Imgur via Reddit

Favorite comments: "Obviously, not life size." and "Should be more stout, Like my beer."

Quick Pic: Lenin Becomes Vader

Darth Vader Statue by Aleksander Milov

Photographed by Volokin Yevgeny of Reuters

Via: NBC News

Artist Aleksander Milov helped to cast the new sculpture of Darth Vader over an existing statue of communist leader Vladimir Lenin in the Ukraine that also serves as a Wi-Fi hotspot. The change was done to make the statue compliant with a new law in Ukraine banning the display of communist symbols.  The result is just a little ominous, given that Ukraine is a nation facing possible conquest.

Installation: Sheep Station

"Sheep Station" by Michael Shvo and Paul Kasmin Gallery

An old Getty gas station in the Chelsea area of New York City has been transformed into a pastoral scene featuring sheep sculptures amid a surreal fence-bound grassy lot.  The sheep are stone and bronze sheep sculptures by the late François-Xavier Lalanne.

The space will eventually be turned into luxury residences, but until then, you can take a walk over to this urban fusion meadow located at 10th Avenue and 24th Street.

  

Statues: Giant Rainbow Snails

"Snailovation" by international art collective Cracking Art Group

These twenty-four giant, brightly-colored snails were paraded through the streets of Australia for the city's annual "Art & About" festival, September 20th - October 20th. The sculptures were created from recycled materials as a salute to conservation.

Statues: Splash

"Splash" by Tomas Misura

Here's a giant sculpture of a paint tube that looks like it was found on my floor.... by my foot. I don't know why I posted it, except that it's nice to see a sculpture that doesn't take itself too seriously now and again. I mean, there are only so many dead people you can memorialize before statues just start to become depressing.