Viselec (David Černý Sculpture)

Staré Město


Here's some more inspired madness from artist David Černý: look up as you walk along Husova street and you'll see a bearded, bespectacled chap not unlike Sigmund Freud casually dangling by one hand from a pole way above the ground.

Transportation

  • tram: 2, 9, 18, 22

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