Babi Yar Park: (Grove of Remembrance), (sculpture)

Object Details

sculptor

Nishita, Satoru

landscape architect

Halprin and Associates

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.

City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.

Image on file.

(Plaque in grove:) In this grove at Babi Yar, each tree stands tall. Each a living/memorial to men, women, children - the majority Jews with/Ukranians and others./In every leaf, their lives: in every branch, their families:/in every rooted trunk, their past./Life courses even when leaves have fallen. Memory persists/even after presence parts./Can we not learn from the trees? Each stands alone - yet,/flourishes in the benevolent shade of others./Seasons change: So must we. Winter's madness must/not dry the sap of loving life again. unsigned

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Summary

Located in Babi Yar Park, at the northeast point of the Star of David, a grove of 100 crabapple trees set in 10 rows planted northeast by southwest. In the center of the grove is a black granite monolith, oval in shape. The top of the monolith is flat, with a polished surface. A triangular wedge (72 x 70 x 67 in.) is cut out and inset with a 2 inch piece of granite, leaving a 4 1/2 inch depression which forms a point of the Star of David. On this wedge is etched a stylized oak leaf.

Culture

Hebrew

Dedicated Oct. 1, 1983

Control number

IAS CO000071

Type

Sculptures-Earthwork

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

100 crabapple trees; a black granite monolith; gravel circle

Owner/Location

Administered by City and County of Denver Department of Parks & Recreation 2300 15th Street, Suite 150 Denver Colorado 80202

Located Babi Yar Park Havana Street, Yale Avenue, Dayton Street, & Parker Road Denver Colorado

Title

(Grove of Remembrance), (sculpture)

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Topic

Ethnic

Landscape--Orchard--Crab Apple Orchard

State of Being--Death--Execution

History--Europe--Holocaust

Allegory--Place--Ukraine

Abstract

Record ID

siris_ari_315087

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