Living statues

"Living statues" concerns models who create the illusion that they were mannequins or sculptures because of their makeup, their clothing and their immobile behaviour. Most of the time, they have a certain fixed position or posture, which they can hold for hours. As a consequence, they create “Tableaus vivants” (French: “living picture”). Tableaus vivants refers as portrayal of paintings and sculpture by living person. This phenomenon already began in the 18 century. Living statues are categorized to performing art and moreover they assign to the pantomime. Furthermore they are often hired for street parties, inaugural ceremonies, anniversary celebration, advertising campaigns, marketing campaigns, etc. . Additionally the living statues areaplied in theatre, too, for example in Marcel Marceaus drama “Don Juan”.
The impact of living statues depends on their individual skills and presentation. If you want to be a living statue, here is a funny tutorial:
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Living-Statue

Moreover I created a “picture gallery” where you can see some types, etc. and their interpretation by a living statue. All this photos were taken in Barcelona where you can find many fantastic living statues.

This is the alien, known from the pretty famous "Alien"-series

This is Alien's replication. You can also see
Predator's head on the platform.

This picture is called "the Burning Giraffe" by Dalí

The drawers on this woman's body and the text on
the platform definately ponits to the artwork you can
 see on the left

This is "The Mask" played by Jim Carrey

This is Galileo Galilei, who developed
 the heliocentric worldview

This statue is probably inspired by the art of “HR Giger”

This is the greece goddess Nike

This is Christopher Columbus, the famous
discoverer of America

This living statue probably represents „Christopher Columbus”,
The similarity is undeniable

This is "Saint George and the Dragon"

This living statue represents an unknown woman
of the 16th or 17th century

This is one of the dresses worn in the times of "rococo"

Burning : http://www.kunstkopie.de/images/product-pics/kunstdrucke/hi/SD43.jpg

The mask: http://www.incine.fr/media/photos_films/original/The-Mask-1126-

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Galileo: http://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2013/07/19/20/41/galileo-galilei-

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St Georg: http://eboutique.arendola.com/WebRoot/Orange/Shops/0bc94738-0710-

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Alien: http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/6331_press01-001.jpg

Nike: http://www.k-excellence.com/uni/75998aa.JPG

Columbus :http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zJpnTu57Koc/TIo1D0D2ieI/AAAAAAAAWp0/w-                                     cxRlpBMBg/s1600/LI-sculp-CM-001b.jpg

HR Giger : http://georgehuxley.ch/kunst/hr_giger_bilder/hr_giger_06.jpg 

                   https://zanybao.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/li-hr-giger.jpg

Rococo dress :http://www.familienleben.ch/images/events/4380/original/Schloss%20Hallwyl_

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