Non-Violence (sculpture)

Non-Violence
The sculpture at the United Nations headquarters in New York City
Artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd
Year 1985 (1985)
Type Sculpture
Location New York

Non-Violence[1] is a bronze sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd of an oversized Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver with a knotted barrel and the muzzle pointing upwards. Reuterswärd made this sculpture after singer-songwriter and peace activist John Lennon was murdered.[2]

The sculpture has been the symbol since 1993 of The Non-Violence Project, a nonprofit organization that promotes social change through violence-prevention education programs.

Location

There are currently 22 copies of the sculpture around the world, twelve of them in Sweden. They are located in:

LocationCityCountry
Bagers platsMalmö Sweden (original)
Headquarters of the United NationsNew York City USA (original)
European CommissionKirchberg Luxembourg (original)
Chaoyang ParkBeijing China
1865 Creative ParkNanjing China
Federal ChancelleryBerlin Germany
SergelgatanStockholm Sweden
KungsportsavenyenGothenburg Sweden
Göteborgs Högre Samskola StampgatanGothenburg Sweden
Göteborgs Högre Samskola FöreningsgatanGothenburg Sweden
Anna Lindh parkBorås Sweden
Mémorial de CaenCaen France
Olympic MuseumLausanne  Switzerland
Victoria & Alfred WaterfrontCape Town South Africa
The Museum of SketchesLund Sweden
Täby Centrum stationTäby, Stockholm County Sweden
Fittja metro stationFittja, Stockholm County Sweden
Åkeshov metro stationStockholm Sweden
NaucalpanEstado de México Mexico
PolancoCiudad de Mexico Mexico
BrogatanHalmstad Sweden
Kasernplan Landskrona  Sweden

The Museum of Sketches in Lund, Sweden holds a sketch of the firearm on which Reuterswärd noted that his grief at the murders of Lennon and Bob Crane inspired him to design this artwork.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Presentation page on the site of the Permanent Mission of Luxembourg to the United nations" (in French). Retrieved 2011-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Waymarking.com". Retrieved 2 February 2014.

Coordinates: 40°45′03″N 73°58′04″W / 40.75083°N 73.96778°W / 40.75083; -73.96778

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