The artist was in attendance for the presentation ceremony. The gift was presented by President of Finland, Mauro Koivista, and was accepted by Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar on behalf of the United Nations. The shape of the sculpture, like the larger Sibelius Monument, resembles organ pipes and is said to emit a low sighing sound during inclement weather which suggests a connection to the composer. Through his music he brought national identify and independence.
Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957) was a Finnish composer and violinist and was well-known as his county’s greatest composer. She was an accomplished young, talented female sculptor working in a male dominated field. There are more open-air public works by Hiltunen abroad including in Canada, the United States, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Germany, and Italy. The artist, Elia Hiltunen (1922 – 2003), is known as a pioneer of Finish sculpture because of the ragged expressiveness in her welding technique.
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The airy, free shapes of the tubes are suggestive of a birch forest and the organic feeling is enhanced by the varying openings and texture. The sculpture is composed of acid-proof stainless-steel tubes of various diameters, welded together individually and hand-textured by the artist. The sculpture is a detail study of the larger 1967 memorial to the composer Jean Sibelius in Helsinki, Finland.
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