Description
Three steel objects, when seen from a certain spot (indicated by two footsteps) forming a rose.
From the side or from the back you don't see the rose.
The sculpture is unveiled 21 May 2016 by the actor Christophe Malavoy, sponsor of the association "Action for the residents of Verdun".
Information Sign
Information sign in French, English and German. This is the English text (photo of the complete sign available on request):
Perspective for Peace
Perspective for Peace is an artwork set as an echo of a symbolic flower: Garance. Two invitations to recall history, looking towards future, buile peace.
- A red rose to remember and hope
- A steel rose to entrench peace and soften history
- A rose wearing the symbolic color of war and the fragitily of life
- The revival of memory
- The color of hope, the rose that grows after the storms of the world
- The testimony of a universal history by today's Verdunois (Residents of Verdun)
- A ray of light that illuminates our youth's future
And you, what would you say?
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Sources & Information
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Location (N 49°9'44" - E 5°23'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: frlo160; Photograph: 27 May 2019
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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