A new sculpture called ‘Amor’ has been unveiled on the seafront of Costa Adeje by the Plaza Del Duque, which has been commissioned by a Ukrainian businessman as a thankyou to how the municipality has welcomed the Ukrainian people with open arms, especially during the current conflict.
The 3.5 metre high red sculpture represents love with a green circle representing oxygen and hope, is made from Corten steel and has an endearing addition as buried underneath the sculpture is a box full of messages from Ukrainians of all ages in Adeje, which are there forever for posterity.
It was made by Canarian sculptor, Alejandro Tosco, to raise social awareness of the importance of harmony and respect between people. He said that Adeje is somewhere that wants to continue to be a space for “peace, togetherness, tolerance, and love, which means commitment and respect. Furthermore, this sculpture has to be a rejection of violence and a gesture of solidarity with the people of Ukraine who have suffered the worst of the worst, this war”.
Vladyslav Pozdnyakov, representing the Ukrainian business person responsible for the sculpture, added, “it is an important symbol, love is respect for everything; love helped us so much when we arrived here, you received us with open arms and over the years have allowed us to live here in peace.“
The Mayor of Adeje underlined the fact that “Adeje and Costa Adeje are known as meeting places, where people look to the future, and we offer this gesture of solidarity to the people of Ukraine”.
Sculptor Alejandro Tosco closed the unveiling ceremony by concluding, “The work sends a message of universal love to all in the world, a world that is more digitized daily, isolating us in our individual bubbles.”
