Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices

Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices
Artist Mihail Chemiakin
Completion date 2001 (unveiled)
Type Bronze sculpture
Location Moscow, Russia
55°44′45″N 37°37′10″E / 55.745935°N 37.619376°ECoordinates: 55°44′45″N 37°37′10″E / 55.745935°N 37.619376°E

Children Are the Victims of Adult Vices is a group of bronze sculptures created by Russian artist Mihail Chemiakin. The sculptures are located in a park in Bolotnaya Square, Balchug, 2,000 feet (610 metres) south of the Moscow Kremlin behind the British Ambassador's residence.[1]

The sculptures are of thirteen figures, which depict adult vices, such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and prostitution, that affect children.[2] The figures are perceptibly closing in on two unaware playmates, a girl and a boy, with the centrepiece figure being 'Indifference'.

The sculpture was commissioned by then-Mayor Yuri Luzhkov and sponsored by the state-owned oil company Rosneft. It was unveiled in 2001 amid some controversy. Some Muscovites worried that the graphic imagery would frighten children.[2][3] Chemiakin said that, "[The sculpture] ... was conceived and carried out by me as a symbol and a call to fight for the salvation of present and future generations."[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Yablokova, Oksana (29 June 2001). "Moscow to Raise Monument to People's Sins". The Moscow Times (via Highbeam Research). Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Moscow divided over vices statue". BBC News. 6 July 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Shishova, Tatiana (5 December 2001). ""ПАМЯТНИК ПОРОКАМ" ШЕМЯКИНА С ТОЧКИ ЗРЕНИЯ ПСИХОЛОГА (an interview with doctor of psychological sciences Vasilevnoy Abramenkovoy)" (in Russian). www.pravoslavie.ru. Retrieved 26 December 2008.
  4. ↑ Darina, Nikonov. "The children – victims of adult vices" (in Russian). www.log-in.ru. Retrieved 26 December 2008.

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