The Knotted Gun is a sculpture by Swedish artist Karl Reutersward that sits outside U.N. Headquarters in New York. It depicts a Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver with a knotted barrel and muzzle pointing upwards and is one of 16 sculptures all around the world. It is the symbol of The Non Violence Project, promoting social change with violence prevention programmes. Did you know that October 2nd, the Mahatma’s birthday, is International Day of Non Violence?
Since then, the knotted gun symbol has been adopted by various causes around the world. Today, it’s displayed in more than 30 public locations internationally (including a dozen in Sweden), such as the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland; the European Commission in Kirchberg, Luxembourg; and the Federal Chancellery in Berlin. It’s also become the official logo for the Non-Violence Project Foundation, a Switzerland-based non-profit promoting social change and educating young people about peaceful conflict resolution.
In recognition of the work’s 30th anniversary, the foundation, in collaboration with Hansen Fine Art—an art dealership and consulting firm based in Stockholm, Sweden—is selling a new foot-long version of the sculpture in an edition of 75. The sculptures can be ordered here. All proceeds will go back to the foundation.
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