NON-VIOLENCE ART PROJECT

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Exclusive limited editions of the iconic ‘Non-Violence’ knotted gun are now available as a collector’s object on the Non-Violence Art Project website. Next month, the Non-Violence Project is also presenting a version of the work signed by the Dalai Lama at Sotheby’s.

Few symbols are as well known as the knotted gun sculpture 'Non-Violence'. Originally created in memory of John Lennon by swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, the work was installed outside of the UN Headquarters in New York City in 1980. Thirty years later it has become a universal symbol for peace.