Prague - The city of weird statues

Oh, Prague! The wonderful city of culture and beautiful architecture. However, there's more than meets the eye in Prague - and those piece of art make the city even better!

Behind most of Prague's unusual and even bizarre statues is a contemporary artist David Cerny. He was born in Prague and because of that many of his creations are located in the city. He gained notoriety in 1991 by painting a Soviet tank pink, to serve as a war memorial in central Prague. Who even comes up with that?

However, not all of Prague's amazing statues are by him. Apparently, Prague is the headquarters of weird sculptures.

CRAWLING BABIES

By David Černý

Kamppa Park

In my opinion, these are the freakiest statues you can find in Prague. Huge babies crawling on the ground. What's more, their faces are replaced by barcodes!

These statues give the words "baby butt" a whole new meaning. Especially because the butts are huge, so it's even more creepy... Apparently, people also like touching the butts (guilty).

These statues are located in Kamppa park, Mala Strana guarding the entrance of Kamppa museum.

Good luck on your baby hunt!

These same babies crawl on the Žiskov TV tower in Prague 3.

The TV tower represents the time of communism in Prague.

You will easily be able to spot this tower from high points of Prague, such as the Prague Castle. I'll be honest, monstrosity like this is already terrifying from far. Knowing there are babies crawling on it makes it even worse. This is even eerier during night time because it's all lit up.

PEEING MEN

By David Černý

The statue is located in Malá Strana, Cihelná Street, in the yard of the Herget brickyard, next to the Franz Kafka museum.

Now, this is a pretty interesting sight.

This is not your typical boring statue. It's a moving statue! The statue's hips and... (you know what I mean) are moving.

The two men are standing inside a pool of water shaped like the Czech Republic.

The men pee letters into the water and you can actually text a number to get your own message spelled out!

ROTATING STATUE OF FRANZ KAFKA

By David Černý

This mesmerizing piece of art is installed outside the Quadrio shopping centre in Prague.

This statue portraits Franz Kafka, who is known for his work "Metamorphosis".

The statue has 42 rotating panels and is 11 meters tall.

This is the type of statue you look at and think "How is this even possible?". It's truly a work of art worthy of showcasing the skills of the people of the 21st century. I could admire this head for a long long time.

MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM

By Olbram Zoubek

I walked past and even took pictures with these creepy statues without really knowing the deeper meaning behind them.

The statues portrait men walking down, but they are slowly falling apart. There's barely anything left of the last one.

The statutes are creepy and all but they also trigger a feeling of respect and really put you into deep thought.

One thing is for sure... I would never in my life want to run into those at night!

 FRANZ KAFKA STATUE

by Jaroslav Rona

Prague really seems to love Franz Kafka deeply.

The statue is located on Vězeňská street in the Jewish Quarter of Prague, near the Spanish synagogue. 

It depicts Franz Kafka riding on the shoulders of a headless figure, in reference to the author's story "Description of a Struggle"

MAN HANGING OUT

By David Černý

This statue is above the rich cobblestone streets of Prague old town.

This bizarre statue portraits Sigmund Freud. Sigmund Freud suffered from multiple phobias, one of them being fear of his own death.

Cerny has done a great job at picturing Freud's. But the question stands; what did the artist really mean behind this obscure statue? Maybe he was picturing suicide (Freud committed suicide through morphine). Maybe he was challenging him instead?

This scary statue has been the reason behind many unsuspecting tourist's calls to the police.

I strongly suggest not making the same mistake we did. Do not look for it at night! You will find it but we had to walk back and forward many times till we did.

 HORSE

By David Černý

This upsidedown, possibly dead, horse ridden by the Wenceslas king is situated in the centre of Prague, right at the Wenceslas Square, the Lucerna Palace. You can get to the statue through a small passage.

The statue is a "new and improved" version of the statue of Wenceslas king riding the horse in front of the National Museum (second picture). The original version of the statue is just a few steps from Cerny's version.

It's believed Cerny made the statue as a mocking tribute to past and modern leaderships of Prague.

We went into the passage without knowing the statue is there and didn't even notice it at first because it was hanging above our heads. But when we came back from our tour of the passage (wanted to check out a bar located inside), we almost fell down the stairs when we noticed the sculpture.

POND

By Kurt Gebauer

This piece is located in the Stodůlky neighbourhood on Kovávořa Street.

The centrepiece of this artwork is a young woman. She might look like a futuristic character from a science-fiction movie, she actually belongs to a past artistic era that is called Normalization. In this era, free experimentation in art was no longer tolerated. This piece of art was constructed during the Soviet times.

EMBRYO

By David Černý

Another one from Cerny and it does not disappoint! Another piece showcasing technology.

This piece is rather unknown among tourists. Possibly because of its small dimensions.

This small, yet awfully creepy and disturbing piece is part of a drain pipe. Glued to the side of the local theatre – Divadlo na Zabradli – shows a fetus trying to squeeze through a drain pipe. The centrepiece is a fetus... that's attached to the drainpipe...

This piece glows at night and you can see the inside of it. I suggest going to see it in the evening.

BROWNNOSING

By David Černý

Uhhhh... Yeeeah.

This piece is actually part of the FUTURA museum. The museum is free to visit, however, you can leave a small donation.

The museum is located in Holečkova 49, Prague and is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 6pm.

Inside the "place of focus" you can see a video of two Czech politicians whilst "We are the Champions" is playing in the background.

I think it's better for all of us not to ask why this is a thing. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to see it in person!

Prague has many unusual and modern sculptures and statues that have caught the eyes of the world. All those statues make Prague somewhat humorous and that is the thing I love about Prague - it has the humour, but also the elegance only specific to Prague.