Friday 4 September 2009

Weird Art of Prague

When you visit Prague, there are of course many beautiful buildings, cathedrals, and of course castles that tickle your aesthetic senses. This page is not dedicated to that.

I take a moment to dedicate this page to the weird art of Prague- mostly attributed to the controversial work of David Černý.



First on the list: Statue of St. Wenceslas riding a dead horse- upside down.

The first night we decided to go out to a club- Lucerna- we passed through a hall and discovered this. We had no idea that it was a famous piece of art. We had no clue what to really make of it. It's just in the middle of this hallway by Wenceslas Square- on the way to Club Lucerna. Only later did we realize that it was actually the work of David Cerny who plagues the rest of Prague with his work.

On the other side of the river- not using the Charles Bridge- but the smaller bridge just south of it, you will find this memorial to the victims of communism.







Really interesting pieces, where each step, the man is becoming more whole. The first step started with just a single foot.





















At this moment, Fran and I contemplated why statues are always made of men. Therefore, I stepped in and became the next piece of the forwardism.
















Then of course there are the peeing statues. Soo strange these pieces are. In the states, these would never be allowed.. but of course, after viewing these, I realized that anything is allowed in the Prague.


They are soo perverse. Two men facing each other in a pool/fountain in a courtyard outside the Kafka museum. The butts actually rotate and as they rotate, the penis goes up and down- peeing the whole time. Very disturbing.

Here is Rosie and Janette being a little naughty with the statues.



And finally the last, but most likely the most famous of David Cerny's pieces is the Baby Tower. It is a television tower by the Jiriho z Podebrad station, where you can approach the massive tower. Anywhere in the city you can see this tower. And from afar, it does not appear to be anything more special than what it is.

However, when approaching it, you can see it is actually quite disturbing. There are babies crawling up the tower.













Well if that is not unusual enough, then when looking closely upon those babies, you see that their faces are-- imploded! It brings about a very disturbing site.































Then there are these locks of love everywhere: uuggh sickening lol





The John Lennon wall is a really famous piece to see as well. Prague is very hippy-ish. This wall suits it very well.

1 comment:

  1. Great post! Very strange but interesting displays of art. We found those love locks in Cinque Terre, Italy and thought they were unique to that area... guess not!

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