A visitor looks at a monumental sculpture by artist Robert Therrien in the newly opened Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast (© Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

Monumental sculpture by artist Robert Therrien at the Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast.

'Big Chook' by Jeremy Parnell on Tamarama Beach in Sydney.

Self-portrait entitled 'Mask II' by Australian sculptor Ron Mueck.

Sculptures of cockroaches with human faces appear to climb up facade of Museo de Bellas Artes by artist Roberto Fabelo (© Claudia Daut/Reuters)

Sculptures of cockroaches with human faces at Museo de Bellas Artes by artist Roberto Fabelo.

'Heaven is place on earth' by Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren.

A visitor passes behind the sculpture 'Puma-Dentist' by Austrian artist Sengl during an exhibition in Berlin (© Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

'Puma-Dentist' by Austrian artist Sengl at an exhibition in Berlin.

Hundreds of meters of dolls hair cascades from the window of the Riflemaker gallery, part of an installation by French/Algerian artist Alice Anderson (© Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

Hundreds of feet of dolls hair cascades from the window of the Riflemaker gallery, part of an installation by French/Algerian artist Alice Anderson.

'Fitness Addiction' by Belgian artist Pascal Bernier.

'The Embrace' by artist Patricia Piccinini.

'Bipolar Perversion' by Belgian mix media artist Pascal Bernier.

'Cardinal Sin' by British artist Banksy.

A sculpture by Van De Weghe of the U.S. during the Art Basel show in Miami Beach, Florida.

A work by Spanish artist Pamen Pereira is displayed in Burgos (© Felix Ordonez/Reuters)

A work by Spanish artist Pamen Pereira displayed in Burgos.

Australian artist & curator Priscilla Sutton arranges pieces for her show 'Spare Parts' at The Rag Factory in London (© Toby Melville/Reuters)

Australian artist Priscilla Sutton arranges pieces for her show 'Spare Parts' at The Rag Factory in London.

Plastic statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther by German artist Ottmar Hoerl.

A sculptural installation in Shanghai titled 'Asian Fields' by artist Antony Gormley.

'Desesperanza' by French artist Theo Mercier.

Australian artist Nike Savvas makes final adjustments to her art piece consisting of over 50,000 polystyrene balls (© David Gray/Reuters)

Australian artist Nike Savvas with his art piece consisting of over 50,000 polystyrene balls.

Visitors walk past the installation 'Gekroese' by artist Franz West at the Art Unlimited exhibition at Art Basel fair in Basel (© Christian Hartmann/Reuters)

'Gekroese' by artist Franz West at the Art Unlimited exhibition at Art Basel fair in Basel, Switzerland.

Pink bicycles placed just above the water celebrate the arrival of the Giro d'Italia in Schalkwijk, the Netherlands.

People visit the 'Poison Against Time' exhibition by Jonas Burgert at the Blain Southern Gallery at Potsdamer Street in Berlin (© Thomas Peter/Reuters)

'Poison Against Time' by Jonas Burgert at the Blain Southern Gallery at Potsdamer Street in Berlin.

A sculpture named 'Awilda' is pictured at the shore of the Botafogo beach in Rio de Janeiro (© Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

A sculpture named 'Awilda' at the shore of the Botafogo Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

A visitor views an installation at the Danish and the Nordic pavilion during the vernissage of the 53rd Biennale International Art Exhibition in Venice (© Tony Gentile/Reuters)

An installation at the Danish and the Nordic pavilion during the vernissage of the 53rd Biennale International Art Exhibition in Venice.

Sculptures by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm during his 'Keep a Cool Head' exhibition in Moscow.

A piece by artist David Mach and entitled 'Out of Order' shows a row of traditional red phone boxes in Kingston, south of London (© Eddie Keogh/Reuters)

'Out of Order' by artist David Mach in Kingston, south of London.

An artwork of a taxidermied Jack Russell terrier entitled 'I'm Dead (2010)' is displayed during a media viewing of artist David Shrigley's first major UK exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London (© Olivia Harris/Reuters)

'I'm Dead (2010)' by artist David Shrigley at the Hayward Gallery in London.

Canadian artist Evan Penny's three-dimensional exhibit in aluminum, silicon, pigment & hair during Art Basel Miami Beach at the Miami Beach Convention Center (© Hans Deryk/Reuters)

Canadian artist Evan Penny's three-dimensional exhibit in aluminum, silicon, pigment and hair during Art Basel Miami Beach at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

French artist Theo Mercier poses in front of one of his sculpture, part of his exhibit called 'Desesperanza' (© Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)

French artist Theo Mercier poses in front of a sculpture in the exhibit called 'Desesperanza.'

A visitor walks next to 'Balloon Venus' sculpture by U.S. artist Jeff Koons at the launch of his exhibition in Frankfurt (© Alex Domanski/Reuters)

'Balloon Venus' by U.S. artist Jeff Koons at an exhibition in Frankfurt.

British conceptual artist Gillick passes through striped plastic curtains at Inhabited Architecture temporary exhibition at Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

30 pieces of art so cool you'll want to rush to a museum to see more

10/9/2012

The awesomely surreal images gathered here would probably make old school artists roll in their graves. Some of these images are poignant, while others are absurd; some have powerful messages, while others seem to have a simple desire to stick a creepy doll in a sock. Whatever your fancy, all of these masterpieces make us glad that artistic freedom is strong and that surrealist expression seems here to stay.

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