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This statue was hastily constructed in just 4 days out of foam and papier-mâché
over a metal armature. It was made as large as possible to discourage its removal
but the 33 ft tall statue stood for only 5 days before being destroyed. Today, several
replicas of this statue have been erected worldwide. Shown is an installation in
Washington D.C and an award fashioned after this statue.
Identify the place where the original statue was installed and what it was
supposed to symbolize.

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Goddess of Democracy installed at Tiananmen square during the height of the student
uprising. The award is the democracy award.

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This is a 1889 statue called the Gallaudet memorial by Daniel Chester French, an
American sculptor. It depicts an incident involving Gallaudet and the nine year old
daughter of his neighbour. French went on to sculpt a much more famous 1922
sculpture which shares a subtle structural similarity with the 1889 sculpture.
French had a son with the same affliction as the girl in the 1889 sculpture which
makes it likely that the symbolism was very much intentional.
What is the 1922 sculpture and what symbolic similarity?

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Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial.

Gallaudet founded the American School for the Deaf after interacting with his neighbour’s
daughter Alice who was deaf. There is a theory that Lincoln’s hands are signalling his
initials using the American Sign Language (ASL)

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This ritual bullfight is known as Yawar Fiesta and it takes place annually in Peru.
Although this practice has declined in recent years, it still plays an important
cathartic role among many traditional Indian communities. Identify the bird and
what symbolism this event holds.

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Andean Condor – it is tied to the back of the bull and constantly pecks the bull

The Condor symbolizes the Incas and the bull symbolizes the Spanish. The bullfight is an
expression of protest against Spanish colonialism

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There are two metropolitan areas (defined as having a population in excess of one
million residents) that span two continents. Both are port cities. Name them.

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Istanbul – spanning Asia and Europe

Port Said (Africa) + Port Fuad (Asia) – spanning Asia and Africa

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This is Statue of Humanity, a 98 ft tall statue in the district of Kars that depicts two
halves of a man, each reaching out to hold the other’s hand. It was commissioned
by the mayor of Kars as a gesture of reconciliation between two long feuding
neighbouring countries following the 2009 Zurich Protocols that reopened
diplomatic relationships between them. The statue was intentionally built on the
border and was made tall enough to be visible from the neighbouring country.
Unfortunately, the statue was demolished on the orders of the country’s prime
minister who denounced it on aesthetic grounds and on Islamic strictures against
idolatry. This was widely seen as attempt to stir up nationalist sentiments in the
run-up to the 2011 general elections which he won comfortably.
Identify the PM, the two feuding countries and the reason behind the tensions.

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Statue to commemorate restoration of diplomatic relationship between Turkey and

Armenia.

The two neighbours have a long standing feud about the role of Ottoman Turkey in the
Armenian Genocide towards the end of WW I

Recep Tayyip Erdogan demolished the statue in an attempt to appeal to both his
countrymen and the Azeri minority living in Turkey

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Julian Voss-Andreae is an artist, physicist and software designed who makes
sculptures of biomolecules from a variety of materials. Shown is his 12 foot
sculpture which is based on the human antibody molecule and is installed in the
Scripps Research Institute, Florida.
The way the molecule is arranged in the sculpture is inspired by a famous work of
art. The name of the work is a slight modification of another famous sculpture
designed by the person shown in the visual.
Identify the inspiration behind (a) the arrangement, (b) the name of the sculpture.

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Statue is arranged to resemble the Vitruvian man.

It is named Angel of the West after Gormley’s Angel of the North. The shape of the angel is
based on a plaster cast of his own body

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