The Museum of New Art, Paernu/Estonia/ Mr. Mark Soosaar
Mr. Mark Soosaar is director of the Museum of New Art in Paernu. I received an email from him about stuation of a piece of No.3 stone be placed.
The piece was bind to the statue GOODBYE XX CENTURY! In front of the former Communist Party paernu district headquarters which is nowadays the Museum of New Art, was rised a broken statue of Lenin. This was a conceptual installation made by 4 persons: In 1950 by Russian sculptor Nikolai Tomski, In 1990 by unknown administrator who gave permission to remove that monument dedicated to Vladimir Lenin from a central square in Tallinn, In 1995 - 97 by unknown man who cut lenin's head and right hand and probably sold just as two pieces of bronze, In 1999 by me when we raised that statue again in front of our museum to remind for people what happened in the 20th century.
Your piece of granit was stick to the foot of headless Lenin and was collecting impressions during one year in Estonia. Last summer was very hot, this winter is very cold. last two month the piece was covered by snow. I hope it will arrive nicely to Your studio and You'll make a wonderful
artwork.
Mr. Mark Soosaar is director of the Museum of New Art in Paernu.
I received an email from him about stuation of a piece of No.3 stone be placed.
The piece was bind to the statue GOODBYE XX CENTURY! In front of the former Communist Party paernu district headquarters which is nowadays the Museum of New Art, was rised a broken statue of Lenin. This was a conceptual installation made by 4 persons: In 1950 by Russian sculptor Nikolai Tomski, In 1990 by unknown administrator who gave permission to remove that monument dedicated to Vladimir Lenin from a central square in Tallinn, In 1995 - 97 by unknown man who cut lenin's head and right hand and probably sold just as two pieces of bronze, In 1999 by me when we raised that statue again in front of our museum to remind for people what happened in the 20th century. Your piece of granit was stick to the foot of headless Lenin and was collecting impressions during one year in Estonia. Last summer was very hot, this winter is very cold. last two month the piece was covered by snow. I hope it will arrive nicely to Your studio and You'll make a wonderful artwork.
THE CHAPLIN ART CENTER AND THE MUSEUM OF NEW ART, Paernu, Estonia
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