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To the Struggle Against World Terrorism (also known as the Tear of Grief and the Tear Drop Memorial) is a 10–story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. [1]
12 wrz 2015 · Tsereteli flew to New York shortly after the September 11 attacks and visited Ground Zero. He decided that he wanted to create a memorial to the victims, but felt that building one on top of the bones of the dead on Ground Zero would be inappropriate.
Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli (Georgian: ზურაბ კონსტანტინეს ძე წერეთელი, Russian: Зураб Константинович Церетели; born 4 January 1934) is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments.
18 cze 2007 · Asked by telephone about the steel, Tsereteli got into a glum-sounding discussion in Russian with his grandson, Vasili, who, patched into the call from Venice, was acting as interpreter.
To the Struggle Against World Terrorism: A History. The artist, Zurab Tsereteli, was in his home in Moscow on the morning of September 11 th. The television was on as he was getting ready for work and Zurab, like the rest of the world, was glued to coverage of the attacks on the Twin Towers.
Zurab Tsereteli has made a big impact on the new image of Moscow after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
In response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli was inspired to create a memorial as gift to the people of the United States. Originally entitled the "Tear Of Grief," this 100-foot bronze tower holds a nickel-clad "tear drop" meant to symbolize the sympathy and response of Russian citizens upon learning of ...
