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Prague Castle Guard Photo Sculpture

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Prague castle guard Pra�sk� hrad (Prague Castle) Prague, September 2017 �Castle Guard (Czech: Hradn� str�) is a specific and autonomous unit of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic directly subordinate to the Military Office of the President of the Czech Republic. Its main task is to guard and defend the seat of the President of the Czech Republic at the Prague Castle.� ( Prague Castle Guard , Wikipedia)

�K� Photo Sculpture

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�K� (Franz Kafkas Head) by David Cern�, 2014 Quadrio Shopping Center Sp�len�, Nov� Mesto Prague, September 2017 �This eleven-metre-tall statue is a technical marvel of the 21st century in Prague. Forty-two moving panels rotate to create the face of the famous Czech writer Franz Kafka. The statue created by the artist David Cern� is installed near the Quadrio Shopping Centre and combines art with modern technology and the traditional �golden hands� of Czech craftsmen. Watch �The Metamorphosis�. Wait for all of the panels to align and discover the face of Kafka!� ( Franza Kafka Statue , Quadrio Shopping Center)

�K� Photo Sculpture

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�K� (Franz Kafka's Head) by David Cern�, 2014 Quadrio Shopping Center Sp�len�, Nov� Mesto Prague, September 2017 �This eleven-metre-tall statue is a technical marvel of the 21st century in Prague. Forty-two moving panels rotate to create the face of the famous Czech writer Franz Kafka. The statue created by the artist David Cern� is installed near the Quadrio Shopping Centre and combines art with modern technology and the traditional �golden hands� of Czech craftsmen. Watch �The Metamorphosis�. Wait for all of the panels to align and discover the face of Kafka!� ( Franza Kafka Statue , Quadrio Shopping Center)

Industrial Palace Photo Sculpture

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Middle hall of the Prumyslov� pal�c (Industrial Palace) by Bedrich M�nzberger, 1891 V�stavi�te Praha (Prague Exhibition Grounds) Are�l V�stavi�te, Hole�ovice Prague, September 2017 �The Industrial Palace (Czech: Prumyslov� pal�c) is an Art Nouveau (or Historicism) building, built by Bedrich M�nzberger in 1891, which is used for exhibition purposes, but also for various cultural events. It is a glass building with steel construction and is divided into 3 independent parts, left and right wing and a middle hall with 51 m high clock tower. In 2008 the Palace was engulfed in a fire and the left wing burned. The left wing is currently being rebuilt.� ( V�stavi�te Praha , Wikipedia)

Man Hanging Out Photo Sculpture

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�Zave�en� mu�� (Man Hanging Out) by David Cern�, 1996 Husova, Star� Mesto Prague, September 2017 �Dangling above one of the cobblestone streets in Prague�s Old Town is a statue that has caused more than a few people to be concerned that a man is about to plummet to his death, but fear not, it is simply a fake Sigmund Freud. First created in 1996, the work known as �Zave�en� mu�� (Man Hanging Out) is the vision of Czech sculptor David Cern�, whose work can actually be found all across Prague. Many of Cerny�s works are seen as somewhat deliberately provocative, and this one is no different. The dangling Freud is surprisingly lifelike at a distance, and a number of people have sincerely taken it for a person in danger. However, it is simply a sculptural statement about intellectualism in the 20th century and Cern��s uncertainty about it.� ( Man Hanging Out , Atlas Obscura)