Newly found hands are;
- Hands of Friendship, Circular Park, Yerevan, Armenia
- Namaste Hands, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
- Holding Hands, Peace Park, Nagasaki, Japan
- Clasped Hands, Lagenda Park, Kuah, Langkawi Island, Malaysia
- Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang, North Korea
- "With Us", GT Tower East, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
- Hands in Hell, White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Giant Hand Holding Perfume Bottle, Fujairah, UAE
- "Hope and Love for Peace", Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Passion, Charleroi, Belgium
- Solidarity Heroes Sculpture, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
- Welcoming Hands, Tuileries Garden, Paris, France
- Hand With Watch, Berlin, Germany
- The Vaulted Hands, Waldkater, Helmstedt, Germany
- Giant Hand with Globe on its Finger Tip, Monte Carlo, Monaco
- Two Hands, Oslo, Norway
- Hand on Balcony, Collegium Nobilium, Warsaw, Poland
- 4 Hand Cut-outs, Park of 50th Anniversary of October, Moscow, Russia
- Monument to The Lovers, Cordoba, Spain
- Monument to "Valencian Pilota", Xativa, Valencia, Spain
- Welcome to Subtopia, Alby, Stockholm, Sweden
- Red Hand, Wädenswil, Switzerland
- Hand Supporting A Tree, Bideford, England, UK
- Healing Hands, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England, UK
- Two Hands, Walmsley Park, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, England, UK
- The Hand, University of Saskatchewan Art Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
- The Hands, Zicatela Beach, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Hands of Sir Edward James, Las Pozas, Xilitla, San Luis Potos, Mexico
- Folded Hands, Tampa Synagogue, Tampa, FL, USA
Hands of Friendship, Circular Park, Yerevan, Armenia
A symbol of Armenian-Italian Friendship. It was a gift from
the city of Carrara, Tuscany, Italy to Yerevan.
Google Street View
(Photosphere)
Namaste Hands, Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
Two giant golden hands, folded in the form of Namaste (A
traditional way of Hindu greeting) located at a roundabout in Ahmedabad.
The Peace Park is full statutes donated from around the world
and each statue, conveys a message of friendship and peace to the city of
Nagasaki, by donor cities/countries. This sculpture which is a cut out of a male
and female fingers holding their solid hands, is called "Infinity" and was
donated by Ankara, Turkey.
Clasped Hands, Lagenda Park, Kuah, Langkawi Island,
Malaysia
A pair of giant hands supported another pair of large hands
holding a spade (?).
Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang, North Korea
The monument shows three gigantic hands holding hammer,
sickle and calligraphy brush, symbolizing the workers, farmers and
intellectuals. Designed by Mansudae Art Studio, it is 50 meters high to
symbolize the 50-year anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of
Korea. It was unveiled on 10 October 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the
foundation of the party.
"With Us", GT Tower East, Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea
Three large, upraised hands in front of the GT Tower East.
The artwork entitled "With Us" was created by Kim Moon Gyeong.
Hands in Hell, White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand
The contemporary Wat Rong Khun (aka White Temple), designed
by local artist Chalermchai Kositpipat is full of symbolism based on the
teachings of the Buddha.
The main building of the temple is reached by a bridge over
a small lake and hundreds of out stretched hands, emerge out of pits on both
sides of passage way to the bridge.
As per
Wikipedia the hands "....symbolize unrestrained desire. The bridge
proclaims that the way to happiness is by foregoing temptation, greed, and
desire."
Giant Hand Holding Perfume Bottle, Fujairah, UAE
Many roundabouts in Middle East/Saidi Arabia etc. have some
sculpture to identify the roundabout. This roundabout in Fujairah, known as
"Perfume Bottle Roundabout" is at the intersection of F20 with E89 and shows a giant
hand holding a beautiful carved perfume bottle.
Image from defunct Panoramio is by Bruxel. Available now at web.archive.org
Google Street View
"Hope and Love for Peace", Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam
Two giant hands holding a Globe with a dove on top of it. The
Globe also depicts an oversized map of Vietnam in red.
"Passion", Charleroi, Belgium
"Passation" an art work installed in front of the Palais des
Beaux-Arts, Charleroi. Designed by sculptor, Martin Guyaux it shows three
bizarre and spindly hands reaching out to sky.
Solidarity Heroes Sculpture, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands
Located on the Paseo de Las Canteras, it is a monument to 11
persons who died while trying to save their co-worker, who had fallen into
rotten fish waste-water tank of a fish canning factory. This artwork by Etual
Ojeda shows three hands, joined together and was commissioned in 2006. The
Spanish text on the pedestal translates in English as;
To the memory of those who gave, their life for others on January 4, 1979.
And also in memory of all the deceased in work accident.
"Welcoming Hands", Tuileries Garden, Paris
This is a multi piece sculpture by French/American sculptor
Louise Bourgeois. Located near the Jeu de Paume museum side, overlooking place
de la Concorde, it consists of hands interacting with other hands on 6 granite
pedestals, each has one or more bronze hands. 3 pedestals have 4 interacting
hands each, 2 pedestals have 3 hands each and the 6th pedestal has solo
(child's) hand.
Hand With Watch, Berlin
Hand mit Uhr (Hand With Watch) located at the
intersection of Lessingstraße and Altonaer Straße in Berlin, is a sculpture by
German sculptor Joachim Schmettau. Unveiled in 1975 it shows hand with watch,
holding an orange cube. Due to weathering and graffiti vandalism it fell in
disrepair and was removed in 2008. After renovation it was restored back in
2012. The hand originally had analog watch, which after renovation was replaced
with a digital watch.
Image from Flickr is by Bergfels
Google Street View
"The Vaulted Hands", Waldkater, Helmstedt, Germany
The sculpture titled "La voûte des mains" (The Vaulted
Hands) is located on the German Federal Highway service area Waldkater,
Helmstedt, Germany. The interlocked hands symbolises the unity. The 9 M high
sculpture opened in 1995 was designed by the French artist José Castell.
Giant Hand with Globe on its Finger Tip, Monte Carlo,
Monaco
"Ludus" (meaning unknown?) is an art work of of sculptor
Bernard Bezzina unveiled near Casino Monte-Carlo in Sept. 2107. The sculptor had
offered for the auction for the benefit of the Prince Albert II Foundation. It
is not known if the sculptor is still there or has been taken away by the
successful bider. It is visible in the Google Earth Imagery of April 2018.
Made of white bronze with Corten steel base it measures 4.60
x 2.66 x 1.58 m (15 1/10 x 8 2/3 x 5 2/5 ft)
Two Hands, Oslo, Norway
Looks like two persons about to shake hands. It is one of
several sculptures located in the Fontana Center Park near the Norwegian
Parliament, Oslo.
Hand on Balcony, Collegium Nobilium, Warsaw, Poland
A huge hand on the balcony of Collegium Nobilium building.
The 18th century building was almost completely destroyed during the Warsaw
Uprising. It was rebuilt after the war, together with its classic façade. It now houses the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art.
4 Hand Cut-outs, Park of 50th Anniversary of October, Moscow
Large cut-outs of 4 hands entitled "Ладошки" (Ladoshki -
probably meaning hands) in Park of 50 Anniversary of October, Moscow. The park
was recently renovated and the original cut-outs were replaced with cut-out of
different design.
Cut-outs as visible till Sept. 2017.
Image from Google+ Photos is by Александр Смирнов
Cut-outs as seen in Aug. 2018
Image from Google+ Photos is by Вячеслав Иноземцев
Google Maps
Monument to The Lovers, Cordoba, Spain
"Monumento a Los Enamorados" (Monument to The
Lovers) is a monument in memory of the love story of 11th century Moorish
princess poet Wallada, daughter of Caliph al-Mustakfi of Cordoba and poet Ibn
Zaydún.
The monument depicts two touching hands mounted on a
pedestal. Poems of Wallada and Ibn Zaydún, in Arabic with Spanish translation,
are inscribed on the supporting pedestal.
Monument to "Valencian Pilota", Xativa, Valencia,
Spain
"Valencian Pilota" is a traditional handball game
played in the Valencian Community and the ball is struck with a bare, or almost
bare, hand. The sculpture shows two giant hands with one hand holding a ball.
The sculpture is installed at "Vistas de Sant Josep" near the road leading to
the Xativa Castle.
Welcome to Subtopia, Alby, Stockholm
A land mark sculpture in the form of a giant hand holding a
ball (snowball?) pointing towards Subtopia in Alby, a southern suburb of
Stockholm, Sweden.
Google Street View
Red Hand, Wädenswil, Switzerland
Located in Giessen 6, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland, no details
are available about this hand.
Credits:
Krenek (an
active member of Google Earth Community Forums) who informed me about this hand.
Thank you Krenek.
Hand Supporting A Tree, Bideford, England
An innovative prop in the form of a hand, for supporting
thick branch of a tree growing horizontally.
Healing Hands, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester,
England
Fixed on the wall of the Dept. of Genito-Urinary Medicine,
Jarvis Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester. The relief is made from 9
blocks of Portland stone and depicts a woman lying on two hands. Designed by
Sculptor Albert Pountney, it was commissioned in 1954. The artwork is 2.45 m (8
ft) wide, 1.85 m (6 ft) high and about 0.35 m (1ft 2 inch) deep.
Two Hands, Walmsley Park, Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan,
England
Located in front of the entrance to the Walmsley Park.
The Hand, University of Saskatchewan Art Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
This hand with painted nails is one of the several
sculptures, of varying forms and materials, which adorn the Art Park of the
University. It is one of the few in this collection with painted nails.
Image source: Google Street View
Credits:
Willi1 (an
active member of Google Earth Community Forums) who informed me about this hand.
Thank you Willi.
"The Hands", Zicatela Beach, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca,
Mexico
"The Hands" (Las Monos) on the rocks on the beach of
Zicatela, Puerto Escondido.
Hands of Sir Edward James, Las Pozas, Xilitla, San Luis
Potosi, Mexico
Las Pozas ("the Pools") a large garden created by Sir Edward
James in a subtropical rainforest near the village of Xilitla, San Luis Potosí,
more than 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level. Sir Edward James was a British
poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement and Las Pozas has
natural waterfalls and pools interlaced with towering Surrealist sculptures in
concrete. These two hands are reportedly modelled after the hands of Sir James.
Folded Hands, Tampa Synagogue, Florida
A pair of folded hands on the Shoresh David Messianic
Synagogue of Tampa, Florida.
Credits:
Willi1 (an
active member of Google Earth Community Forums) who informed me about this hand.
Thank you Willi.
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