World’s largest statues in the middle of…

The Motherland Call, Volgograd, Russia, 285 ft, built in 1967

Fabrice Fouillet’s series Colosses, captures gargantuan statues over cities, into mountainsides, in the middle of nowhere or the coutryside- featuring religious and political icons. Fouillet is not interested in the artistic or the sociological meaning of those statues, he wishes to portray how these monuments have altered their surroundings. Why would people need to errect such gigantic creations in the middle of a landscape?
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*for more statues or information check out his website

African Renaissance Monument, Dakar, Senegal, 161 ft, built in 2010

Ataturk Mask, Buca, Izmir, Turkey, 132 ft, built in 2009

Christ Blessing, Manado, Indonesia, 98.5 ft, built in 2007

Christ the King, Świebodzin, Poland, 120 ft, built in 2010

Grand Byakue, Takazaki, Japan, 137 ft, built in 1936

Guan Yu, Yuncheng, China, 262 ft, built in 2010

Mao Zedong, Changsha, China, 105 ft, built in 2009

Mother of the Fatherland, Kiev, Ukraine, 203 ft, built in 1981

Dai Kannon, Sendai, Japan, 330 ft, built in 1991