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Hlavní mĕsto

U Sovových mlýnů 2, Malá Strana
(Museum Kampa)

Mimina

Babies

David Černý
2008

Description

Three giant crawling babies with disturbing machine-like slots on their faces. More of these basies are on the TV tower in Žižkov and are part of Černý’s project to make the Žižkov TV Tower more beautiful, as it has been named one of the world’s most ugly buildings. A swarm of the mutant babies crawls on the tower’s exterior.

The sculpture is no. 3 in the Top 10 strangest statues in Prague of the Prague Post of 2014.

Praha - Mimina

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David Černý
(1967 / Praha CZ)

Mimina /Babies
Idea, 1995 / Realizace v bronzu, 2008
Concept, 1995 / Realization in bronze, 2008

Top 10 strangest statues in Prague

1. Piss by Černý
2. Horse by Černý
3. Babies by Černý
4. Memorial to Franz Kafka by Jaroslav Röna
5. The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek
6. Memorial for the Victims of Communism by Olbram Zoubek
7. Il Commendatore by Anna Chromy
8. Iron Man by Ladislav Šaloun
9. Přemysl and Libuše by Josef Václav Myslbek
10. Pond by Kurt Gebauer

Source:
Ada von Kayser, Top 10 strangest statues in Prague In: Prague Post 29 March 2014, (Online, archived).

Artist

David Černý (Praha 1967), Czech sculptor (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Babies (Černý).
Wikipedia, Seznam uměleckých realizací ve veřejném prostoru na Malé Straně.

Location (N 50°5'2" - E 14°24'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr100; Photograph: 7 July 2026
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