ASEAN Sculpture Garden is a garden in
Kuala Lumpur
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Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Malay ...
, situated adjacent to the
National Monument
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and in the vicinity of the
Lake Gardens
Lake Gardens is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.
It has Kalighat to the north, Jodhpur Park to the east, Prince Anwar Shah Road or Tollygunge to the south and Charu Market to the west.
The famous Gol ...
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It is a
landscaped garden with a collection of prize-winning
sculpture
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s in
wood
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,
marble
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,
iron
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and
bamboo
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. Exhibits have been crafted by artists from the
ASEAN
ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military ...
region.
The ASEAN Sculpture Garden opened in
Fort Canning Park in June 1982 to display the sculptures that were created for the symposium. A total of five sculptures were put up for display in the garden, namely: ‘Unity’, a copper plate abstract piece by
Indonesia
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n artist But Muchtar; ‘Taming Sari’, a fibreglass work consisting of a broken kris and sabre by
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Malay ...
n sculptor Ariffin Mohamed Ismail; ‘Fredesvinda’, a reinforced concrete structure of an unfinished boat by
Filipino sculptor Napoleon V. Abueva;
References
1982 establishments in Malaysia
Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in Asia
Buildings and structures in Kuala Lumpur
Culture of Kuala Lumpur
Parks in Kuala Lumpur
Gardens in Malaysia
Tourist attractions in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian sculpture
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