Nothing quite brings a smile to people's faces like Joen and the Giant Beetle in Wynwood. Created by Danish artist Thomas Dambo for Miami Art Week 2019, the giant troll relaxes, peering his enormous eye through a car tire while resting an arm on a car. As is the artist's environmental philosophy, Joen and the Giant Beetle was built entirely with recycled material. Over the years, graffiti artists have spraypainted all over Joen, making him look even more a part of the cityscape. To add to the whimsy, there's even an accompanying poem for the piece:
Joen looked at the little people
Sitting in the giant beetle
Always waiting in a line
Spending all their days and time
Joen had seen the giant beetle
Eat and kill the little people
But still, it seemed they loved it so
So much they wouldn't let it go.