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99 works found
- Title
- Korean War Memorial: Ambassador of Peace
- Artist
- Cho, Hyun Kuk
- Date
- 2007
- Medium
- bronze
- concrete
- Type
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- 5.0m height x 6.1m width x 12.2m depth
- Owner
- City of Burnaby
- Accession Number
- PA2014.15
- Location
- Central Park
- Category
- Civic Art: City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection
- Collection
- Public Art
- Lat/Long
- 49.228483,-123.023122
- View in Google Maps
- http://www.google.com/maps?q=49.228483,-123.023122
In October, 2004, the Korean Veterans Association of Canada and the City of Burnaby began discussing the installation of a Korean War Memorial at Central Park. The initiative by the 60,000 strong Korean-Canadian Community based in Burnaby raised nearly one million dollars. The monument, unveiled in July 2007, involves three components: a memorial, a statue—The Ambassador of Peace—and a wall of plaques to recognize the 36 servicemen from British Columbia who made the supreme sacrifice during the Korean War 1950/53 and the Peacekeeping period 1953/56. The Ambassador of Peace is a 3-metre high cast bronze sculpture created by renowned Korean artist Hyun Kuk Cho. It rests on a 2-metre concrete podium. The Korean War Memorial was donated to the City of Burnaby by the Korean Veterans Association of Canada in 2007.