Art is supposed to challenge us. Challenge our beliefs, our prejudices, and even our concepts of what we believe to be possible. Sculptures are an excellent medium, as they allow the artist to play tricks on the eye and mess with the viewer’s logical concepts.
This collection of gravity-defying sculptures, compiled by A&D, do just that. Calling into question the laws of gravity and physics, they make you wonder, how the heck did they do that? This list has everything from incredible feats of balance on a grand scale to just plain head-scratching sorcery!
Please scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and prepare to be bamboozled by these gorgeous and gravity-defying sculptures. Don’t forget to upvote your faves! (H/T)
01. The Force Of Nature By Lorenzo Quinn
02. Wire Fairies By Robin Wight
03. Wursa By Daniel Firman
04. Trans Ī Re By Fredrik Raddum
05. Floating Stone By Smaban Abbas
06. Coffee Kiss By Johnson Tsang
07. Take My Lighting But Don’t Steal My Thunder By Alex Chinneck
08. Les Voyageurs By Bruno Catalano
09. Wurf VI By Anna Borgman And Candy Lenk
10. Book Sculptures By Alicia Martin
11. De Vaartkapoen By Tom Frantzen
12. Hyper-Realistic Illusions Carved Out Of Wood By Tom Eckert
13. Window With Ladder – Too Late For Help By Leandro Erlich
14. Balancing Sculptures By Jerzy Kędziora
15. Car Sculptures By Gerry Judah
16. Pentateuque By Fabien Mérelle
17. The Virgins Of Apeldoorn By Elisabet Stienstra
18. Monte-Meubles, L’Ultime Déménagement – Leandro Erlich
19. Stone Balancing By Adrian Gray
20. Pick Yourself Up And Pull Yourself Together By Alex Chinneck
Alex Chinneck, Tristan Fewings
21. Abedo By Emil Alzamora
22. Suspended By Menashe Kadishman
23. Michael Jones Sculpture By Jerzy Kędziora
24. La Voiture Sur Le Lampadaire By Benedetto Bufalino
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