Monument Golden Child

Monument "The Golden Child" - a monument to the famous city. He was even visible from the Potemkin Steps , however, as the whole sea port .

The history of the monument to the "Golden Child"

Monument "The Golden Child" opened in 1995 by the famous sculptor Ernst Neizvestny. It is his gift to the city. The monument symbolizes the tree, the fruit of which there is a child. According to the author, it "represents something new, nascent, which belongs to the future." This sculpture is dedicated to all the brilliant children of Odessa.

His decision to build a monument to the sculptor expressed unusual after he visited Odessa in the war. He was struck by the devastation in the city, but the fortress unbroken spirit Odessites past two and a half years of occupation. This contrast is remembered for future sculptor.

A plaster model of the monument was moved piece by piece from the studio of the sculptor in New York, where at that time lived and worked by the author. She was taken to an ocean vessel to Odessa. Next, the model was taken to Kiev , where plaster molds were cast and assembled together bronze details. Four-meter figure of the baby became the world`s largest baby figure. Opening of the monument was timed to the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The opening was attended by the author of the monument.

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