MONUMENTS
SCULPTURE “WALKING MAN”
2021
Sculptor: Arto Chakmakchyan
Casting work: sculptor Mkrtich Mazmanyan
The sculpture “Walking Man” was created by world-renowned Armenian sculptor Arto Chakmakchyan (1933-2019) in 2006. It was installed at the beginning of Northern Avenue in Yerevan on September 21, 2021, marking the 30th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.
The decision
to install the sculpture was made by the Yerevan Council of Elders at an
extraordinary meeting on December 16, 2019. A year later, the casting and
assembly work was completed. However, the installation of the sculpture was
postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the 44-day Artsakh war.
“Walking
Man” is made of bronze, with a height of 3.8 m. The figure is
depicted with a bowed head, pensive, as if carrying the burden of the entire
world on its shoulders, walking detached from the ground.
According to
the author's interpretation, the sculpture symbolizes contemporary Armenia. The
step already taken represents our movement, the open continuation of the
pedestal symbolizes the potential of this movement, and the next step to be
taken represents the horizons opening up before the country.
Among A.
Chakmakchyan’s works is also the sculpture “Arus”, installed in
the courtyard of the Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences
of Armenia in 1968 (2 Margaryan Street), when the famous sculptor had not yet moved
from Soviet Armenia to Canada.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
