Located in the serene atmosphere of the Chaudfontaine Park, in the outskirts of Liege in Belgium, the 20 feet tall giant Clothespin Sculpture, displaying the surreal impression of holding on to a mound of grass, stands proudly as one of the most unique pieces of art attractions in the country.

Installed in 2010 for the purpose of celebrating the famous Festival of the Five Seasons, the huge unusual wooden structure of the Clothespin Sculpture that appears to be pinching a heap of a grassy land instead of clothing, creates a stunning effect on the onlookers. By strategically placing the sculpture on a mound of earth, the artist tricks the eye into believing the huge clothespin is actually pinching the ground.

The colossal Clothespin Sculpture in Liege was created by Mehmet Ali Uysal, a Turkish artist with the training of architecture, as well as a professor of art at the Middle East Technical University. Born in Mersin, Turkey in 1976, Mehmet Ali Uysal earned a PhD degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts from Ankara's Department of Sculpture, and then completed an Exchange Program in 2008 in the National School of Art of Bourges, locally known as Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art de Bourges.

Inspired by architecture and the human body, he blends everyday objects in the architectural context of the setting they are installed in, presenting them in unconventional ways. He instinctively likes to toy with the viewers’ preconception of the gallery space as well as how they move around it, for which he creates large-scale installations that are integrated into the architecture of the gallery within which they are situated. The giant Clothespin Sculpture in Liege is just one piece in a string of Uysal works that rely on flawless illusion.

A replica of the surprising Clothespin Sculpture, also created by the Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal and called Skin, was chosen by The Independent newspaper as the third of the top ten public art pieces of all time, which can now be seen at the golf course right in front of Kemer Country Hotel in Istanbul, adorned with a vast lush green garden.

However, there is another Clothespin Sculpture located in Philadelphia, where a black, 45-foot tall stylised clothespin made of weathering steel, often referred to Cor-Ten steel, created by the Swedish-born American Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, was installed in 1976 across from City Hall on 15th Street, at the entrance of the City Hall subway station.

However, there are at least two small-scale models of the Black Clothespin, one of which, the 4 feet version, is normally displayed in the Oldenburg gallery at the Denver Art Museum, while the 10 feet tall second version, completed in 1975, is located and occasionally displayed in the Contemporary Art department of the Art Institute of Chicago.