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Raahe, Finland

Matti Lepistö Sculpture Garden

More than 200 eclectic sculptures surround the artist's home. 

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The eccentric artwork of self-taught sculptor Matti Lepistö includes rearing horses, soaring eagles and coy nudes. The former machinist turned his attention to concrete sculpture in the 1990s, building his works over metal armatures.

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