Murals by artist Fernand Leger
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Foucault Pendulum gift of the Netherlands to the United Nations
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A visitor reading the label for the large artwork mimics the pose of the central figure in the painting. While the bronze statue strikes his own pose with arms outstretched.
From the United Nations website:
This classical bronze statue is a replica of a classical sculpture of Poseidon (circa 460 B.C.E.). The original sculpture (Hellenistic period) was discovered in 1926 and unearthed in 1928 from the bottom of the sea off the coast of the Cape of Artemision, Greece. The original resides in the National Archeological Museum, in Athens, Greece.
This mural painting, entitled “Brotherhood” (""La Fraternidad"") by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899 – 1991) has at the center a large fire in red, surrounded by human figures with interlaced arms. At the left is a large dark Mexican pyramid and on the right is a structure. Tamayo said “Brotherhood” was in the spirit of the United Nations, which stands for peace among the peoples of the world. He added, there is no better symbol for love than fire which is an important symbol in his work. The figures are “to make sure we all belong to the only valid race, which is the human race.” The pyramid structure at the left represents the past, as a Mexican touch, and the right is the present and future with a lofty construction. The artist said, “I try to represent time, I should say rather, eternity, in which I hope brotherhood will prevail”.
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