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World’s Ugliest Art: Post Your Hometown “Art” You’re Ashamed Of
We all have this one sculpture or piece of "art" that we are ashamed of. Even when almost everyone agrees it's ugly - you'll hear this unbeatable argument - art is meant to cause discussions and it just did - so it's actually good! Sound familiar?
Inspired by this Reddit thread, we decided to invite everyone to post these "art" pieces to this list. Maybe all of our cities have something similar?
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#1
Quasi, Christchurch, New Zealand. This Creepy Thing Has Recently Appeared In My City
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#2
Okeanos, San Diego, California
#3
Santa Claus, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Just Beautiful
#4
The Pigduck, Turku, Finland. Here's An Abomination Next To Turku University
#5
This Now Stands Here In Luxembourg
#6
Marine Venus, Halifax, Canada. This Beauty Is On My University's Campus. It Looks Like A Terrible Sexual Accident
Heather Keedy Bateman 8 years ago
"Yes, boys and girls. THIS will happen to your penis if you have unprotected sex. You have been warned."
#7
Gymnast III, Des Moines, Iowa. Penis Or Leaning Tower Of Turd, You Be The Judge
Aimee Elizabeth 8 years ago
It's a penis poop! (It's hilarious but who on earth made this public art???)
#8
Breast Bunch, Arnhem, Netherlands
#9
Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue, Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville HATES This Dumb Statue
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
BEST way to win a war is to send this character out first. The opposition will laugh long enough for you to win your war!
#10
Oudenaarde, Belgium
#11
Embankment's Arch That Cost ~29,000 EUR, Vilnius, Lithuania. Everyone In Vilnius Calls This The Pipe
#12
Field of Corn, Dublin, Ohio. A Field Of Giant Cement Corn Cobs
#13
Man Attacked By Genii, Oslo, Norway
#15
Des Moines, Iowa. The Sculpture Park Has A Lot Of Interesting Sculptures
#16
New Lynn Transformation, Auckland, New Zealand. This Thing Suspended Near A Train Station Is Supposed To Be A Cloud
#17
Statues By Sazka Hq - Biggest Lottery Company In Czech Republic, Prague
Final score:
46points
#18
"the Sea Lady" Falkenberg, Sweden
Final score:
43points
#19
Supermam - Statue In Timisoara - Unirii Square
Final score:
36points
#20
Vomiting Horse - Brazil's City Of Curitiba
Final score:
34points
#21
Old Meaningless Communist Monument In The Center Of Sofia, Bulgaria
Final score:
33points
#22
'de Mol' (credits: De Telegraaf)
Final score:
31points
#23
"obscene Figure" - Colima, Colima, Mexico
Final score:
28points
#24
Venus Of Willendorf, Riga, Latvia. It's Not That It's Ugly, But It's Built In Front Of A Church-Like Building So It Looks Out Of Place There
Final score:
25points
#25
Place de Paris, Quebec
#26
What About This "christmas Tree" On Place Vendome In Paris, France ?
Final score:
24points
#27
Priapos Garden, Gävle, Sweden. This Travesty In Equally Grotesque Bubblegum Color
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Not only did somebody actually create this... but there is an equally bizarre person out there who actually APPROVED it as well. Oh MY!
#28
Horolog In Brno, Czech Republic. It Should Show Us The Time, But Nobody Can Read It
Final score:
23points
#29
The Statue Of Trajan, Bucharest, Romania
Final score:
23points
#30
Calgary, Canada - Travelling Light: Cost Of $470,000, Now That's Something To Be Ashamed Of.
Final score:
22points
#31
Westhampton Beach, New York. This Thing Is Probably About 30 Feet Tall And Just Off A Major Road
#32
Dinoseto, Vigo, Spain. Seto Means Hedge In Spanish (so Original). Mayor Assures It'll Lay Eggs.
Final score:
21points
#33
The "donut Sausage" As We Call It. Near The Montpellier University (france)
Final score:
19points
#35
Timisoara, Romania
Final score:
18points
#36
The Fived Legs Mule In Landes, France
Final score:
17points
#37
Creepy Faceless Babies, Blankenberge, Belgium
Final score:
17points
#38
The Modern Egyptian Man Attempt To Recreate The Beauty Of Nefertiti
Final score:
17points
#39
Ugly Chickens (timisoara, Romania)
Final score:
17points
Suzanne Clark 8 years ago
They're kind of interesting, like something your neighbors made in their garage and set out to get a rise out of the rest of the neighbors.
#40
Green Sticks Cost 500k To Light Up And Make Mist, But Don't.
Final score:
16points
#41
The Rebirth Memorial, Bucharest, Romania
Final score:
16points
#42
Rabbit-headed Human Standing On A Tire Rim While Hugging A Dog, Portland, Oregon
Final score:
14points
#44
Ga'k Ga'k Nie/ Am I Going Or Not? Olst -the Netherlands
Final score:
14points
#45
It's Called Aporia. I See "big Orange Intestine". In Kitchener (canada)
Final score:
13points
#46
We Call It "potato On A Stick" Or "meatball" (bucharest, Romania)
Final score:
13points
#47
Talus Dome, Edmonton, Canada. Pile Of Shiny Balls By A Freeway
#48
"les Jetées" In Brest (france), Nominated As "golden Wart" In France..
Final score:
12points
#50
João Peculiar, The One With The Penis Staff. Braga, Portugal
Final score:
12points
#51
"northshore" Aka Giant Teapot, Ottawa, Canada
Final score:
12points
#52
Traditional Soap Sculpture Edirne, Turkey Haaallelujah
Final score:
12points
#53
Creepy Massive Baby Head Fountain, Walnut Creek, California
Final score:
12points
#55
Mrągowo In Poland. This Should Be A Sculpture Of A Kettle.
Final score:
10points
#56
The Yellow Hand- Châtellerault, France. It's Huge And These Are Real Cars Btw.
Final score:
10points
#57
The Patriot (aka Transformer Or Optimus Prime), Stalowa Wola, Poland
Final score:
10points
#58
"glory To The Heroes Of The People" (petrila, Jiu Valley, Hunedoara County, Romania)
Final score:
10points
#60
Man In Canoe, Made Of Flowers, Moss And Lichens. Merano, Italy
Final score:
9points
#61
"the Sentinel", Rochester, Ny At The Rochester Institute Of Technology
Final score:
8points
#62
San Jose, California, Usa. Quetzalcoat The Serpent-god (locals Call It The Poop Sculpture)
Final score:
8points
#63
Fish From A Nightmare, Skopje, Macedonia
Final score:
8points
#64
The Beer Gut Dude. You Can Find Him In Troisdorf, Germany.
Final score:
8points
#65
Ostend Belgium
Final score:
8points
Valerie Finn 1 year ago
This reminds me of plastic bags, and how this kind of waste should be recycled.
#66
That's Not Soviet Union... It's Omegna, Italy. We Call It The Big D**k
Final score:
7points
#68
"cheemah" A Crazy Loin Cloth Wearing Liberty-eagle Surfer Juxtaposition From Oakland, Ca
Final score:
7points
#70
Motherhood, Also Known As Mother Strangling Her Children - Lodz, Poland
Final score:
5points
Zoria Polunoczaja (Submission author) 8 years ago
You know, it kinda is interesting, but those poor babies being almost strangled while a hug ;) what's creepy about this sculpture is its awful condition :-(
#71
New At Utrecht Central Station. It's Smelly, Looks Cheap And Should Just Be Taken Down Again.
Final score:
5points
#73
Everybody Calls It The Vagina. It Was Supposed To Be A Sea Wave
Final score:
4points
#74
1.1 Million Dollars For This Unusable Ferris Wheel In Montreal Canada
Final score:
4points
#75
Bucharest ,romania , Revolution Square . This Must Be An Potato
Final score:
4points
#76
The Hymen, Musée Louis-hémon, Péribonka, Qc., Canada (it's The Bottom Of The Peribonka River)
Final score:
3points
#77
Huntsville, Alabama: Dog Park Sculpture - "common Scents"
Final score:
3points
Glenn Dasher (Submission author) 8 years ago
A visual travesty!!! Butt-sniffing dogs are the only redeeming factor.
#79
San Jose, California, Usa. Quetzalcoat The Serpent-god (locals Call It The Poop Sculpture)
Final score:
2points
Amaranthim Talon 8 years ago
This is actually an insult to Quetzalcoatl- i had started to post earlier that it looked like a pile of used tires but maybe I missed hitting enter since I do not see it- still- this is horrible
#80
This Is "bus Home" In Ventura, California. It's A Bus Stop. Locals Say It Was A Waste Of Money.
Final score:
2points
#81
Portal Wishbone Vjayjay On Hudson.
Final score:
2points
#83
Liviu Adrian Sandu
Final score:
2points
#85
Iron Sculpture In Front Of Engineering Faculty, Galati, Romania
Final score:
2points
#86
Iron Sculpture Near Danube River, Galati, Romania
Final score:
2points
#87
Iron Sculpture Near Danube River, Galati, Romania
Final score:
2points
#88
Iron Sculpture Septenarius Near Danube River, Galati, Romania
Final score:
2points
#89
This Sculpture Is Located In Tiszaújváros, Hungary And Is Shockingly Named Molecules
Final score:
1point
#90
Instead Of A Playground At Work For Our Clients, We Have This. It's Not Urinating At All.
Final score:
1point
#92
Cement Tree In West Utah
Final score:
1point
#94
Iron Bird - Bistrita, Romania
Final score:
1point
#95
Private Hyper Decorated Kitsch House, Vittorio Veneto (tv), Italy
Final score:
0points
#96
Vulva Gate (The Kissing Gate by Constantin Brancusi)
Final score:
0points
Mitica Sima 8 years ago
Uica Nitza (Niță) cred că este un accident genetic demonstrând ca nu are o parte din sistemul nervos, este periculos, nu a fost la școală, nu știe decât să mănânce ... RAHAT
#100
Red Trash Metal For Our Student Club... Worth 200.000euro
Final score:
-2points
#101
This Weird Plastic Thing Has Been In Front Of Our Courthouse Forever. Nobody Knows What It Is
Final score:
-3points
#102
Dubbed, "the Toilet Paper Holder," By Locals, It Stands Outside The Irs Building In Savnnah, Ga
Final score:
-4points
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What do you think ?
Hans 8 years ago
Plant more trees in nice places in the city instead of buying art that almost everyone thinks is strange...at least if it is overprized art. Or at least open food stands at these places. Or mini petting zoos. Etc.
Caroline Driver 8 years ago
What I'm thinking is, these things didn't turn up by accident, someone just left them for a joke one night, the councils approved at least most these. WTF?
Katinka Min 8 years ago
I thought, I'd get to see some misunderstood abstract art, but, my God, the top of this list is indeed staggeringly vile! My fave is the Poop stone. Jeez!!
Robert Lambregts 8 years ago
This horrible, cheap, plastic, smelly art piece is the calk of the town here. So ugly. DSC1550-1-...387af5.jpg 
Glynis Lailann 8 years ago
Question: how did these sculptures get passed by the City Parks & Environmental Departments?
Tiny Dynamine 8 years ago
I don't know how to vote for these! Vote up if I like it or if I think it's bad?! It's chaos, I tell ya!
Don DeBar 2 years ago
Here, from Ossining, NY Hudson River Waterfront. The Giant Va Gee Gee OSSINING-g...7a779d.jpg 
Robyn Denton 7 years ago
With most of these, all I can think about is that somebody proposed these things, somebody approved these things, and somebody paid for these things!! More money than sense...
Linda Breedlove-Steaveson 8 years ago
This monstrosity is apparently loved by the citizens of Oklahoma City, OK but I think it was a waste of money. Some mamma's "Little Hercules" made this and got huge bucks for it. So sad. The city lights it up at night and the colors of the lights change depending on what "cause" they are trying to bolster. This thing is supposed to be representative of the state bird, The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher." It's a piece of junk. bridge-581...46479b.jpg 
artcatcms 8 years ago
Wow...no end to ugly art! no end to stupidity of anyone paying untold amounts of money that would have better served the city's needy. all i can say of the alleged artists that created these monstrosities .... good job pulling off your ability to get loads of money for BS!!!
sneakcollector 8 years ago
It shows that art needs to have 4 properties: be ugly as hell, be completely useless, be shocking and cause huge costs
Richard Petch 8 years ago
For a monument for my beautiful old town that was, I would have the biggest s**t pan on Earth built right outside the council offices, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK. As all the councilors are there only for the money, non of our councilors actually live in our town nor are they from our area, they are just there to f**k our town up as much as possible.
Alexey Mihailović 8 years ago
well, in Riga that church-like-building is the latvian art academy, so the statue is quite at its place )
Hans 8 years ago
Plant more trees in nice places in the city instead of buying art that almost everyone thinks is strange...at least if it is overprized art. Or at least open food stands at these places. Or mini petting zoos. Etc.
Caroline Driver 8 years ago
What I'm thinking is, these things didn't turn up by accident, someone just left them for a joke one night, the councils approved at least most these. WTF?
Katinka Min 8 years ago
I thought, I'd get to see some misunderstood abstract art, but, my God, the top of this list is indeed staggeringly vile! My fave is the Poop stone. Jeez!!
Robert Lambregts 8 years ago
This horrible, cheap, plastic, smelly art piece is the calk of the town here. So ugly. DSC1550-1-...387af5.jpg
Glynis Lailann 8 years ago
Question: how did these sculptures get passed by the City Parks & Environmental Departments?
Tiny Dynamine 8 years ago
I don't know how to vote for these! Vote up if I like it or if I think it's bad?! It's chaos, I tell ya!
Don DeBar 2 years ago
Here, from Ossining, NY Hudson River Waterfront. The Giant Va Gee Gee OSSINING-g...7a779d.jpg
Robyn Denton 7 years ago
With most of these, all I can think about is that somebody proposed these things, somebody approved these things, and somebody paid for these things!! More money than sense...
Linda Breedlove-Steaveson 8 years ago
This monstrosity is apparently loved by the citizens of Oklahoma City, OK but I think it was a waste of money. Some mamma's "Little Hercules" made this and got huge bucks for it. So sad. The city lights it up at night and the colors of the lights change depending on what "cause" they are trying to bolster. This thing is supposed to be representative of the state bird, The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher." It's a piece of junk. bridge-581...46479b.jpg
artcatcms 8 years ago
Wow...no end to ugly art! no end to stupidity of anyone paying untold amounts of money that would have better served the city's needy. all i can say of the alleged artists that created these monstrosities .... good job pulling off your ability to get loads of money for BS!!!
sneakcollector 8 years ago
It shows that art needs to have 4 properties: be ugly as hell, be completely useless, be shocking and cause huge costs
Richard Petch 8 years ago
For a monument for my beautiful old town that was, I would have the biggest s**t pan on Earth built right outside the council offices, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK. As all the councilors are there only for the money, non of our councilors actually live in our town nor are they from our area, they are just there to f**k our town up as much as possible.
Alexey Mihailović 8 years ago
well, in Riga that church-like-building is the latvian art academy, so the statue is quite at its place )
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