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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. UNARTO_190826_005.JPG: Sphere Within a Sphere The United Nations have represented, for over fifty years, a symbol and a reference point of mankind's profound aspirations towards peace, social progress, and economic development. Pomodoro's "Sphere within a Sphere" in fact seems almost uniquely destined for its site on the UN plaza and for a sponsor whose goal is to bring peace and understanding in a conflicted world. The form invites obvious associations to the globe of the earth itself. While the symbolism was not so designed originally, this complex work of art composed of a sphere growing inside another sphere can be legitimately read as a metaphor promising the rebirth of a less troubled and destructive world. The sculpture is made of bronze with a highly polished surface. It measures 3.3m in diameter and weighs 18700(?) lbs. The sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro is one of the greatest living Italian artists. He was born in Morciano di Romagna, Italy in 1926 and currently lives in Milan.
2. UNARTO_190826_010.JPG: The Best Weapon (2019) Commissioned by the Nobel Peace Center This was a temporary art installation. According to https://www.un.org/disarmament/update/unveiling-of-the-best-weapon-displayed-at-un-hq-through-september-2019/ Unveiling of "The Best Weapon" – Displayed at UN HQ through September 2019 July 23rd, 2019 On Thursday, 18 July 2019, on Nelson Mandela International Day, the Permanent Missions of Norway and South Africa to the United Nations unveiled "The Best Weapon" during the Dialogue for Peace celebration, hosted at the UN Headquarters. The Peace Bench was created as a semi-circle, making those sitting on it to slide to the center, close to each other. It stands as a symbol of diplomacy, a desire to create more understanding and achieve dialogue between those on opposite sides of discussions. Nelson Mandela's famous quote "The best weapon is to sit down and talk" is attached to the piece. It was commissioned by the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, designed by the Norwegian architectural group, Sn�hetta and created in partnership with the aluminum company Hydro and the manufacturer of sustainable furniture, Vestre. The Bench will stand at the UN Plaza in the main entryway for visitors to the United Nations until the end of the General Assembly sessions in September. It will then be transported to Oslo, near the Nobel Peace Center.
3. UNARTO_190826_012.JPG: The best weapon is to sit down and talk. -- Nelson Mandela
4. UNARTO_190826_018.JPG: Non-Violence Entitled Non-Violence, this bronze sculpture depicts a 45-calibre revolver with its barrel tied in a knot. The artist did this work in 1980 after hearing that his friend, John Lennon, had been murdered. Mr. Reutersward, became so upset and angry over this senseless death and the many other outbursts of unnecessary violence that he went to his studio and started working on the "nonviolence" project. The sculpture consists of a large replica in bronze of a 45-calibre revolver, the barrel of which is tied into a knot. The gun is cocked, but the knot makes it clear that it will not shoot. Replicas of the sculpture have been installed in many countries since then. The sculpture at the U.N. was one of the first three versions of the sculpture, bought by the Luxembourg government and offered to the UN in 1988. It was said then that "With Non-Violence, Carl Fredrik Reutersw�rd has not only endowed the United Nations with a cherished work of art; he has enriched the consciousness of humanity with a powerful symbol. It is a symbol that encapsulates, in a few simple curves, the greatest prayer of man: that which asks not for victory, but for peace." Artist or Maker: Carl Frederik Reutersward
5. UNARTO_190826_023.JPG: Gift of Luxembourg 1988
6. UNARTO_190826_028.JPG: Ocean Art Installation Another temporary art piece
7. UNARTO_190826_041.JPG: Ocean Art Installation The Ocean Art installation is a collaboration between Greenpeace, the High Seas Alliance and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. It is showcasing the beauty of and the threats of our oceans. We are drawing attention to why we need a strong Agreement on marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction.
8. UNARTO_190826_046.JPG: Nickel & Bronze Entrance Doors Seven nickel-bronze doors in the north (public) entrance to the General Assembly building. On the exterior of each door are four panels in bas-relief symbolizing peace, justice, truth and fraternity.
9. UNARTO_190826_049.JPG: Pax (Peace)
10. UNARTO_190826_052.JPG: Justitia (Justice)
11. UNARTO_190826_054.JPG: Veritas (Truth)
12. UNARTO_190826_057.JPG: Frater (Fraternity -- Brotherhood)
13. UNARTO_190826_063.JPG: Abstract Sculpture This 30 x 17 foot abstract sculpture, executed by American artist Ezio Martinelli, is the last piece of art of a project initiated at the request of the late Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold. This was the last of three sculptures which had been planned for the "beautification" of the Headquarters building by Dag Hammarskjold. The sculpture is installed on the east wall of the General Assembly building overlooking the rose garden. At the presentation ceremony the Under Secretary for the General Assembly, Andrew Cordier, expressed his sadness that Dag Hammarskoljd could not be there to share in the moment."
14. UNARTO_190826_075.JPG: Sculpture Celebrating Jean Sibelius The work is a 1964 detail study of the memorial to Sibelius in Helsinki. The original Sibelius monument which, like the gift to the United Nations, resembles organ pipes and is said to emit al low sound like a sighing during stormy weather. The stainless steel sculpture, celebrates the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
15. UNARTO_190826_077.JPG: Gift of Finland 1983 By Eila Hiltunen
16. UNARTO_190826_107.JPG: Mother and Child The statue is a tribute to peace, at the commemoration of the sculpture the President of Italy, Francesco Cossiga, said the statue "signified a glorification of life and consequently, of peace." Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, in accepting the gift said: It represents love, beauty and hope for future generations. The artist was commissioned in 1987 to sculpt the bronze statue, his work being carried out under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Association of Italian Bankers, the Federation of Italian Industries and the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction. Giacomo Manzu was born 22 December 1908 in Bergamo, Italy - died in Rome 17 January 1991. He was considered to be among the best known Italian sculptors of the 20th century.
17. UNARTO_190826_111.JPG: Arrival The bronze monument consists of a multitude of figures on a large ship (23' long) with three masts and two gangplanks. The 2 gangplanks and 3 ships masts disassemble from the ship resulting in 6 elements that fasten together to form the composition. The gangplank at the prow end has 7 figures; the gangplank at the stern end has 6 figures. The gangplanks are primarily cast bronze with fabricated sheet bronze for the underside and access panel (014). The access panels are affixed by slot head stainless steel machine screws and measure approximately 7 � x 10 inches. The gangplanks have stainless steel reinforcement on the interior and stainless steel attachments for assembly to the ship and substrate. The masts are welded sheet bronze over stainless steel pipes and each has three (3) access panels that mechanically assemble with machine screws to the ship (019-021). The ship and figures on top of the ship consist of cast bronze that was manufactured in many sections and welded together. Many of the welds are visible and/or partly unfinished. Residual investment material on the insides of the figures indicates a lost-wax casting. The ship is reinforced on the interior with stainless steel plates and pipes (033-034). This internal armature continues below the bottom edge of the bronze casting and forms the mounting assembly. Cast Bronze Foundry, Dublin
18. UNARTO_190826_122.JPG: Good Defeats Evil Created by the Russian painter and sculptor, Zurab Tsereteli, the sculpture commemorates the 1987 signing of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate - Range and Shorter - Range Nuclear Missiles (INF Treaty), and is in celebration of the 45 Session of the General Assembly. Created as a monument to peace, the sculpture is composed of parts of actual United States and Soviet missiles. The work depicts an allegorical St. George, one arm raised, as he drives a lance through a double headed dragon. The dragon in the sculpture is not the mythological beast of the early Christian tradition, but the specter of nuclear war vanquished by the historic treaties between the Soviet Union and the United States. Accordingly the dragon is shown lying amid the broken pieces of Soviet SS-20 and U.S. Pershing missiles. Actual fragments of these weapons have been used in the sculpture.
19. UNARTO_190826_123.JPG: Peace Monument The statue 'Mir' (Peace), one of the symbols of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, is the work of the renowned Croatian sculptor Antun Augustinčić (1900, Klanjec – 1979, Zagreb). The sculptor himself came to the United States in 1952 to choose and propose a UN ground site for the 16' high bronze statue. The female equestrian sculpture leading the world to peace was cast in bronze in Zagreb in 1954 and its 33 feet high pedestal was made of marble from the Croatian island of Brač. It was then transported by ship from Rijeka to New York, originally as a gift of the government of the former Yugoslavia, and placed on the North Lawn of the United Nations Headquarters. Carrying an olive branch in one hand and a globe in the other, with a cloak fluttering on her back and on a horse in a stance suggesting a powerful forward movement, She is symbolically leading the Nations of the World towards Peace. In September 2017, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Croatia's membership in the United Nations the gift is undergoing a major restoration to its original condition. The information stand at the monument contains a QR code with a dedicated website, a first of its kind relating to any work of art at the UNHQ.
20. UNARTO_190826_138.JPG: Trophy of Civil Rights (Berlin Wall Fragment) A section of the Berlin with graffiti on one side and signed artist work on the other. The painting on one side shows two people reaching for each other over the wall. It is thought the painting was done in 1989-90 when numerous artists expressed their feelings in view of the falling down of the Berlin Wall. For 28 years the Berlin Wall separated East from West Germany and symbolized the division of Europe and the world. Construction began on 13 August 1961 upon the orders of the East German Communist leadership, who wanted to prevent a mass exodus to the Federal Republic of Germany. All along the 155-kilometer border a complex system of barriers and fortifications was erected: a 3.60-meter high wall made of concrete slabs like the ones in front of you, a patrol belt-known as the "death strip," and a trench. Watchdogs, watchtowers and bunkers made the area virtually impenetrable. The Wall severed all traffic and communication links between East and West Berlin with the exception of a few border crossing points such as "Checkpoint Charlie". Over 200 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall. Thousands were arrested and sentenced to long prison terms. The fall of the wall on 9 November 1989 as a result of the peaceful revolution in East Germany was one of the happiest moments in the history for the German people.
21. UNARTO_190826_165.JPG: Reclining Figure: Hand, Ed 8/9 This sculpture was a gift of the Henry Moore Foundation. The artist himself proposed this specific piece (letter to George Ivan Smith dated 19 March, 1980) as "representative work of mine." Henry Moore, dedicated the work to the memory of Dag Hammarskjold "because of my personal admiration for him and my feeling that all artists of this country would like to show their support of the wonderful work done by the United Nations to preserve the world for art and everything else." Henry Moore was an English sculptor was born in 1898 and died in 1986. Moore was considered to be one of the preeminent sculptors of the 20th C. His abstract monumental sculptures are located throughout the world as public art works. His works generally depict the human figure, often in a reclining position. The Henry Moore Foundation, the Donor of the Gift, was established to promote the public appreciation of art and to preserve Moore's sculptures. It now runs Moore's final home, Hoglands, as a gallery and museum of Moore's workshops."
22. UNARTO_190826_167.JPG: Sculptor: Carl Fredrik Reutersward
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