Russia’s 9/11 Memorial Gift to the USA: Tear of Grief
10-story high sculpture given to the US by the Russian government. Located at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor as a memorial to those that died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The large polished titanium teardrop to represent the tears in Moscow shed for the 9/11 victims. A constant flowing of water which causes the sculpture to appear to weep.
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this looks like a ballsack made out of mercury
March 18, 2009 at 5:37 pm
heartless and insensitive typical attitude of todays selfish Me attitude. Get some partiotism and respect for the country you inhabit please
September 17, 2009 at 2:55 pm
too bad you can’t lose your citizenship for treason and communistic attitude in this free country that you are disrespecting! You are truly an insult to our citizens. May your attitude be noted by the powers that judge. Shame on you
September 17, 2009 at 2:59 pm
fight for what you believe in on the battle ground not the internet!
September 17, 2009 at 3:40 pm
How is calling a hideous 10 story eyesore for what it is showing no respect for your country?
And if this isn’t an example of ugly, just wait till they build the “Freedom Tower” on ground zero.
So help me out here…since when did unquestioning obedience and having no sense for aesthetics suddenly become patriotic?
February 13, 2010 at 3:26 am
“Mr. Tsereteli first envisioned the image of the “Tear Of Grief” on September 11, 2001 after watching the horrific collapse of the World Trade Center towers on Moscow television and then driving past a crowd of crying Muscovites in front of the US embassy nearby. He began the design of the “Tear Drop Memorial” on that very day.”
People were crying in the streets of Moscow. The enormous tragedy that unfolded on Sept 11 moved the country’s most prominent sculptor. A nation that was once our enemy offered us a unique and sincere gift as a gesture of sympathy for the 3,000 + innocent people who lost their lives that day.
The Tear of Grief is a gift of condolence given to you and to me as Americans. Those who only see that gift as ugly or vulgar don’t really see it as a gift at all. Those who are insensitive to the horror that rained down upon the streets of New York City don’t really comprehend that thousands of people were crushed, pulverized, and incinerated on that day. To those who ridicule this gift because they see no aesthetic merit, be aware your criticisms are an insult to those who perished and to their families left with only memories of their loved-ones. Freedom of speech does not relieve you of your responsibility for the consequences of your speech.
Q.
February 13, 2010 at 2:34 pm
If a family member or friend of mine died on 9/11 they wouldn’t have wanted me to loose my sense of taste and they certainly would not have wanted me to stop questioning what I see. And for all you know I may have lost someone in that event so you are in no position to be accusing me of being insensitive.
What is missing from this thread is the fact that those here with an open mind are not the only ones criticizing the aesthetics of this object. You see it was originally supposed to be put on the shore line of Jersey City, but the residents said “no” to having this sculpture foisted upon them, the mayor said”…I’ve seen of the thing, it’s too big. I don’t want to see it on our Hudson River waterfront.” – and there were several families in Jersey City who lost family members on 9/11. You can read about it in:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E6D81E31F935A2575AC0A9639C8B63
…and when you’re done with that there is a children’s fable that captures this behavior of those who wrap themselves in the flag and are quick to call anyone who sees things differently as unpatriotic…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes
February 14, 2010 at 11:07 am
Thank you, Mr. Queek, for telling us that having a “sense of taste” is more important than having respect and gratitude.
Q.
February 16, 2010 at 12:40 am
Thumb up.
August 10, 2011 at 11:42 am
Thank you.
August 10, 2011 at 11:42 am
I believe that all of our voisterous young people (with so much time that they have nothing better to do than post ugliness and hatred through out the internet,) spend time serving alongside those who are brave enough and proud enough, to represent us, their country on the line, in harms way.. These types of postings are an embarrassment to what you claim to represent. Perhaps you woulg gain some respect and pride in yourself and what we have in this country if you were faced with the opponent personally, eye to eye expecting your team to back you up with their lives. Something is so wrong with today’s youth, growing up and passing their graffiti laden negative attitudes via the power of the net. I also hold the administrators liable for allowing these postings to be displayed. Yes it is free speech but also reflects a communistic attitude and propaganda. Something that our forefathers have paid the ultimate price against.
September 17, 2009 at 3:19 pm
A mercury ballsack lodged inside a vagina…
March 23, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I think we should look at it on the positive side. Every artist has his own way of expressing his thoughts. I think it was given in a good way
March 24, 2009 at 11:09 am
ballsack.
March 24, 2009 at 9:15 pm
rude and crude and totally juvenile criticism, why is this type of posting even permitted and then supported in more posts?
September 17, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Thank you Kenobi for seeing Russian art for what it really is.
March 25, 2009 at 12:18 am
Shear ignorance.. and posting smut isn’t a viable art criticism
September 17, 2009 at 3:37 pm
You guys are immature idiots and don’t deserve the freedom our great country has given you to do the things others can only dream of…like use a computer.
You are a waste of oxygen.
Donnie
2 time Iraq Contract Veteran, currently in Bahrain
March 26, 2009 at 1:29 pm
can’t agree with you more strongly.. isn’t it a shame we have to be witness to pure ignorance claiming the freedom to do as such. Then condemning those who have given their lives by disgrace?
September 17, 2009 at 3:22 pm
hey Donnie, would you also add the freedom to be an art critic and the freedom to flex your sense of humor to that list or are those luxuries only afforded to mercenaries??
March 26, 2009 at 3:41 pm
you have no ethical sense of humor thank you so much. Sick unrespectful postings aren’t viable criticism
September 17, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Kilt ‘em.
March 26, 2009 at 3:43 pm
We all have the freedom to express ourselves… Donnie has the freedom to express that the idiots who made the above remarks are immature…. I have the freedom to agree with him. It’s funny how everyone wants to have their freedom to be a critic, but not to appreciate the meaning and care behind a wonderful gift from a country who suffered with us in our time of loss… it is a beautiful piece of work, a perfect sculpture of a teardrop, something many of us shed for our losses. And those of you who mock.. also had the freedom not to care about the 9/11 incident. What a great country we live in.
March 26, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Bravo
September 17, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Thank you Shirley. Had Kenobi ever had a mortar go off and wake him/her in Iraq, or watched as bloody people were carried out of the building you work in due to a rocket attack while defending our freedom, or had friends killed in a restaurant, or a street bizzare suicide bombing, or was simply mature enough to know what 9/11 really meant, maybe he/she wouldn’t be so quick to be an “art critic”, or publicly voice a “sense of humor” over such a symbolic gesture of friendship and kinship from a country who didn’t have to care a damn bit, but did…and showed it. Enough said.
March 26, 2009 at 5:32 pm
When I first started the blog I had to make a decision: discuss meaningful, relevant topics and try to “impress” people with my knowledge and opinions, OR post things that have almost no educational value at all and entertain people. I went with the latter choice. If you want to be uptight and get offended, don’t do it here. That’s like getting pissed off at a comedy club.
I like to stray from content that dominates the news: murders, kidnappings, rape, war, the economic crisis, disease, global warming, etc. You can turn on any channel or click on any website for that. The 11 O’clock news is almost always depressing. Sometimes I want to read something that brings a smile to my face. Blogging about giant mercury ball sacks does just that.
If you want to relax and enjoy yourself, take a look around. I promise you after a few days you’ll realize that while stimulating intellectual conversation and thought provoking debate are important, it’s not necessary at all times. Laugh a little.
March 26, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Thank you for your comments, Donnie. And thank you for your service to our country. It is indeed a moving tribute, and I shall try to visit it next time I’m in NJ.
The Russians have their own issues with the Islamofascists (e.g., Beslan). Little wonder that they understand. Credit where credit is due.
BTW, it does not either look like a ballsack. Gimme a break! What are you, teenagers?
June 1, 2009 at 12:05 am
What are you? Blind? Stupid?
June 1, 2009 at 3:22 pm
well put!!! Go Navy!!!
September 17, 2009 at 3:25 pm
911=inside job
your govt=doesn’t give a shit about you
my family=war veterans
their opinion=iraq war is wrong
that sculpture=tacky
*no disrespect to 911 victims, support our troops not mercenary$$$, at ease Donnie, the Grip is about fun, maybe the Fox News blog is more your speed.
March 26, 2009 at 8:37 pm
FYI, most of us have supported our troops in ways you wouldn’t even fathom or comprehend. You are no longer forced to serve in our military. Which should be manditory! Some of us have lost friends and family during 911 and while protecting your freedom!!! and the lack of respect that has been shown here should be condemned and publicly commented on. It’s a disgrace! You are showing disrespect, even more than Russia could have if their gift as has is ignored and pushed under the carpet.
Thank you to the country of Russia for your token of respect for those who were lost during 911.
You show respect and for that you can have most of those who have posted negative comments at the forum.. Perhaps you can instill some pride in country as you have shown by your gift to ours.
September 17, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Sorry to have intruded on your little kingdom of laughs. It isn’t like getting pissed off at a comedy club… I purposely did a search on this topic to see if it was true, since as you said, it was not discussed in a lot of other media, And I found the reality of it here. I was unaware that the basis for your blog was laughs and disrespect and mockery. Or what you deem as “things that have almost no educational value at all and entertain people”. As your more ardent posters prove, this is definitely not a site for intellectual or stimulating conversation. Perhaps that’s a good thing then, that I understand I don’t belong here, apparently neither does Donnie. Have fun children. Thank you for proving the gift was real. That was all I was looking for in the first place.
March 26, 2009 at 11:08 pm
sometimes ignorance is best left alone.. just go away with your unappealing and disrespectful juvenile comments. Pehaps if you lost a loved one during the attack at ground zero your mind would be opened to reality. Good luck in your future and I hope you never have to face reality. These posts prove that our younger generation is being raised wrong. So sad for our future as a free country!
September 17, 2009 at 3:05 pm
opinions are like assholes Shirley, we all got em, and mine in no way represents those of the fine people over at the Grip, but thanks for stopping by.
March 27, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I love how a comment about a sculpture all of a sudden becomes anti-american, pro 9/11, anti-war vet, and thrown into the same category as if I were to say “I love terrorism.”
Take a step back and stop getting offended by shit ON THE FUCKING INTERNET. It’s a real waste of time people. That’s being grown up.
March 27, 2009 at 5:33 pm
To repeat.. sometimes ignorance is best left alone.. just go away with your unappealing and disrespectful juvenile comments. Pehaps if you lost a loved one during the attack at ground zero your mind would be opened to reality. Good luck in your future and I hope you never have to face reality. These posts prove that our younger generation is being raised wrong. So sad for our future as a free country!
September 17, 2009 at 3:06 pm
thankyou KB, i was just kidding geez….why so serious?
March 27, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Yup yup, big bro.
You wanna know how I got these scars??????
March 28, 2009 at 6:17 pm
It does look like a ball sack.
April 14, 2009 at 4:46 pm
definately a russian ballsack
April 15, 2009 at 6:12 pm
definately a shaved russian ballsack
and you got those scars because you shaved YOUR ballsack with a dull blade!
April 15, 2009 at 6:13 pm
grow up!
September 17, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I agree with Shirley. I was seeking verification. Beautiful, thoughtful art. Appreciate it. Paula
April 23, 2009 at 10:02 pm
It’s a mercury dookie drop.
May 5, 2009 at 5:00 am
Hey, pretend that the occaional person in the world has never been to NYC and please write “Located at the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, NEW JERSEY”. For all I know, Bayonne Harbor could be in Russia (it would have saved them a mint on shipping)
May 5, 2009 at 10:14 pm
do some research.. FYI this is the place that the debris from Ground Zero is placed. Have some respect for something in your pitiful life
September 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I was told that “pavers” are being sold. How does one go about buying one.
Thank You
May 13, 2009 at 4:55 pm
This is the Russians way of calling all Americans, CUNTS. It resembles and large vagina with a gigantic clitoris. Suck on that America.
May 13, 2009 at 5:01 pm
How typical of our young people with no respect for themselves not to mention anything else in their lives! Where have your parents been when you needed a good spanking? I think one is in order Grow up
September 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Its the all-seeing eye on its side.
May 25, 2009 at 10:38 am
Or “A vasectomy”.
May 25, 2009 at 10:40 am
The only joke here is this website. That and any idiot who actually has the stones to think that 911 was an inside job. And when it comes to freedom of speech, lets see if my critical comments on the (lack of) merits of this website are allowed to stay in print as long as jackasses like Kenobi’s comments. My guess is that it isn’t. But then again – wtf should I care what a bunch of pussies without convictions think about serious matters? I’ve wasted too much time already. Pearls before swine…
Thank you Donnie for your service to this country.
June 6, 2009 at 7:37 am
Ditto
September 17, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Would this be related with the Teardrop of the Blackjack operation?????
http://umanovaordemmundial.blogspot.com/
June 19, 2009 at 1:41 pm
yall still fags
June 19, 2009 at 7:23 pm
To all who aim to poke fun at something with so much dignity behind it… you need to grow up.
Of course not all of us were directly affected by these events. But for the ones who were, and for the ones whose lives will forever be changed you need to show respect. You have no idea what some people went through just to see another day, and in some cases, to never have that chance again.
This was given to us with open arms as a symbol of the pain they felt. Obviously, the Russian Government is more mature, and actually sensitive to the events that occurred. What other country reached out?
To any Russian who reads this, I know this wasn’t your idea… but thank you and the whole country for the respect you showed. Hopefully it can go to prove that two different nations do not need to quibble and fight… rather live in peace together.
And to all those ignoramuses, you should have been the people in those planes, not the innocent children, women and men who were lost. You disgust me.
God Bless America.
October 15, 2009 at 8:51 am
In September 2005, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the ground breaking ceremonies for the “Tear Of Grief” monument which since has been erected at the edge of New York Harbor. One year later, on September 11, 2006 President Bill Clinton, other federal, state, and local officials, and a host of dignitaries gathered for the official dedication. Leann Rimes sang the National Anthem. I was amazed to learn that few Americans are aware of this gift from the Russian Academy of Arts and the people of the former Soviet Union. My amazement ultimately led to http://hubpages.com/hub/TEAR-DROP
December 21, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I hadn’t heard about the memorial. Glad to know about it now. I’m no art critic, but I have no problem with it. Belated props to the artist and his countrymen for a thoughtful gesture.
March 25, 2010 at 4:29 pm
ok, i think all of you need to look at the positive side and stop downing what is a very kind thing that the russians did for us. what ever it may look lik doesnt matter wat matters is that they did a very kind thing for our country, and they noticed that our country was put in major grief because of 9/11. and artist has a different way of expressing their feeling thru their art. i think its beautiful and shows true meaning to grief, sorrow, and true friendship.
May 31, 2010 at 4:55 pm