The Universal Soldier Korean War Veterans Memorial Earthy Rainbow 3 Dimensional
by DiDesigns Graphics
Title
The Universal Soldier Korean War Veterans Memorial Earthy Rainbow 3 Dimensional
Artist
DiDesigns Graphics
Medium
Mixed Media - Original Photographic Art Design
Description
New York Korean War Veterans Memorial at Battery Park.
3 Dimensional Design Series.
The Earthy Rainbow of Colors and Tones in this Photo Graphic Art Work are Certain to Compliment a Vast Array of Interior Spaces.
In 1987, the Korean War Veterans Memorial Committee was formed to raise money to build a monument to commemorate the soldiers of the "forgotten war". Mac Adams winning design, selected from a group of over 100 entries, features a 15-foot-high black granite stele with the shape of a Korean War soldier cut out of the center. Also known as The Universal Soldier, the figure forms a silhouette that allows viewers to see through the monument to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. This literal void reinforces the figurative theme of absence and loss, and serves as a metaphor for death. The artist was inspired in his concept by Jon Silkin's poem, A Space in the Air, which has the lines: "He left behind him. A hole cut out of the air. And I missed him suddenly, missed him without scarcely knowing why it was so...". Adams also designed the piece to function as a sundial on the anniversary of the war's conclusion, July 27, in which light would shine through the aperture upon the paving (illuminating the panel to Greece with a torch-like silhouette), though over time the growing tree canopy has obscured this effect.
One of the three tiers in the base of the monument is decorated with mosaic flags of countries that participated in the U.N.-sponsored mission. The plaza's paving blocks are inscribed with the number of dead, wounded, and missing in action from each of the 22 countries that participated in the war. Korean War veterans are also commemorated in New York with the Brooklyn Korean War Veterans Plaza in Cadman Plaza, the Korean War Veterans Parkway (which was known as the Richmond Parkway until it was renamed in April 1997 by the New York State Legislature), and Queens Korean War Veterans Memorial in Kissena Park.
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June 06, 201
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December 22nd, 2016
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