These statues, leaning against the facade of a building downtown, and whose heads seem to bear the weight of a ledge above, have no name that I could find. They're not caryatids, which are free-standing supports, nor statues in niches, nor are they statues in a tympanum.
In any case, in view of the horrendous May 3rd school shooting in Belgrade (the likes of which had NEVER been seen before), and another punk-criminal shooting in a nearby town the following day, these statues seem to be bearing the country's grief. If you need to know more, especially about the former, see THIS LINK.
4 comments:
I thought of you when I read that. It has become almost routine here in TX. I am without words.
Lots of guns available, which is never good.
Rather poignant.
Could these guys be named Atlas, though they're not carrying the earth?
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