PEACE MONUMENT HONORING JOHN LENNON

TO BE GIFTED TO THE BEATLES STORY
AND THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL

California-based organization Global Peace Initiative has commissioned American art sensation, 19-year-old Lauren Voiers to create a monument to world icon John Lennon and his message of peace.

The former Beatles son Julian Lennon will unveil Voiers sculpture in his father’s hometown of Liverpool this October, the month the legendary musician would have turned 70. The moment will be presented to the city that gave birth to the Beatles as well as the world’s leading permanent Beatles-themed visitor attraction, the Beatles Story in Liverpool, England.

The finished monument, which will stand 18-feet tall and 11-feet wide and weigh 4.5 tons made from a mixture of brushed aluminium, acrylic and an indestructible coating to stave off the weather, will act as a counterbalance to the Strawberry Fields memorial in New York’s Central Park.

Voiers has been asked by Julian to incorporate, within the monument’s design, a white feather which to Julian is a symbol of both his father’s spirit and of peace.

Says artist Lauren Voiers: “I’m so thrilled to have been asked to create a Global Peace Initiative monument dedicated to John Lennon. My art has always been influenced by the ideals of peace and harmony and it is a great honor to spread this message across Europe through my sculpture. The fact it will be located in Liverpool, the hometown of such a music legend, is phenomenal.”

This is the second in a series of monuments commissioned by Global Peace Initiative whose aim is to place a monument of peace in each of the world’s seven continents and spread artistic symbols of peace across the globe. The first monument was presented to the President of Singapore on behalf of the people of Asia in 2005.