Hello Sara! Hmm! Hey this is a photo for ALP contest. Sara did you say that you want me to tell you about this Master Work. Well I will. Nice SUFI-inspired sounds gives the right feeling
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The statue opened on June 12, 1996 with
the help of the Russian government and financial contributions from
seven Russian cities, including Magadan. The design was created by
famed sculptor Ernst Neizvestny (Ironically, his surname [often taken for a pseudonym] translates to "unknown" or "not famous" in English. ).
His parents fell victim to the Stalinist purges of the 1930s; the
monument was constructed by Kamil Kazaev. The mask stands 15 meters
high and takes up 56 cubic meters of space. The Mask of Sorrow is a monument perched on a hill above Magadan Russia , commemorating the millions of prisoners who suffered and died in the Gulag prison camps in the Kloyma region of the during
the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. It consists of a large stone statue of a face,
with tears coming from the left eye in the form of small masks. The
right eye is in the form of a barred window. The back side portrays a
weeping young woman and a headless man on a cross. Inside is a
replication of a typical Stalin-era prison cell. Kindly Regards Georgios |