Reconciliation"

Reconciliation" , a sculpture by the artist Josefina de Vasconcellos, was created in 1977 and entitled 'Reunion’. The sculpture depicts a man and woman embracing each other across barbed wire. Describing the inspiration for the piece, de Vasconcellos said 'The sculpture was originally conceived in the aftermath of the War. Europe was in shock, people were stunned. I read in a newspaper about a woman who crossed Europe on foot to find her husband, and I was so moved that I made the sculpture. Then I thought that it wasn't only about the reunion of two people but hopefully a reunion of nations which had been fighting.'
Bronze casts of this sculpture (as Reconciliation) were placed in Stormont grounds Belfast, the ruins of Coventry Cathedral and in the Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan.
We truly need reconciliation today!