Faces sculpture

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It's in the center of the oldctown pedestrian area. Amusing, but not a highlight.

KLJUČAVNIČARSKA ULICA, OR “LOCKSMITH STREET,” is a narrow alley in the medieval old town in the Slovenian capital city. The start of the lane is marked with an image of a key, historically used to note the street name for those that couldn’t read. As you continue down the path, a mysterious sight unfolds.Cutting through the middle of the cobblestoned street is a gully that appears to be flowing with hundreds of strange little faces. The limbless bronze casts are highly expressive, almost theatrical. Some are happy, some crying, some almost grotesquely distorted. There are 700 of these bronze faces running through the center of the alley, culminating in a drinking fountain and a couple other odd sculptures, namely a bronze hand and a skeleton trapped in a cage.This surreal scene is the work of the renowned Slovenian sculptor Jakov Brdar, whose bizarre bronze figures can be found throughout Ljubljana. Often, his work is inspired by Greek mythology, as is the case with the sculptures on the Butchers’ Bridge in the center of the city. The faces of Locksmith Street were inspired, however, by a piece of writing by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. It begins, “To think, for instance, that I have never been aware before how many faces there are. There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.”

Insolta scultura dal mome 'Faces' of Locksmith Street allego qualche foto ricordo

Petit lieu secret à Ljubljana. Il s'agit d'une œuvre de l'artiste sculpteur slovène Jakov Brdar, dont les figures de bronze peuvent être trouvées dans toute la ville. On peut voir plus de 700 visages qui semblent glisser dans une petite rivière. Si vous parvenez à déclencher la fontaine (main) , de l'eau coulera parmi ces petit visages.

Неожиданно в узком проходе между домами обнаружилась скульптура с лицами. Не сразу поняла, что это еще и фонтан, но это он)Рука из которой течёт вода по форме напоминает надувную резиновую перчатку…Было интересно подумать над тем, что это пока шла к началу и табличке с описанием.

Interesting place, short street, hidden in the middle of Ljubljana.

Escultura muy curiosa y evocadora. La idea es recordarnos de cómo se evacuaban los excrementos en las ciudades europeas de la edad media, sin sistema de alcantarillado, y que cada excremento, mediante muchas caras diferentes dispuestas en el suelo, pertenece a un ser humano único. Al inicio hay una fuente en forma de mano con un anillo, que dice la leyenda que si lo frotas, trae fortuna

Down a dark alley you'll find this repulsive sculpture. Please mind your feet as those faces look like rats. Visit if you are brave enough, but only during the night.

Very enigmatic sculpture topped by a fountain in the shape of a hand. We've fiddled a bit with the fountain but weren't able to turn it on. However a few days later we found the fountain turned on. Someone in front of us turned it off before we could have a look at it properly