17. Artikel der Menschenrechte
17. Artikel der Menschenrechte stands in Nuremberg, between the old and new buildings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. This outdoor sculpture forms part of Dani Karavan’s Way of Human Rights, where a white concrete pillar carries Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Thirty pillars shape the installation: twenty-seven round white concrete forms, two partly buried pillars, and one columnar oak. Each rises eight metres and bears an article in German and another language, connecting the medieval city wall and monastery remains with modern architecture. Nuremberg inaugurated the work on 24 October 1993 as part of its turn towards peace and human rights, and the city received the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education in 2001.
The surrounding path brings historical traces and contemporary sculpture together in one urban setting. Here, an eight-metre pillar turns a written right into something you can encounter in stone and space.
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