Cancer Survivor Gauntlet - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 43.741 W 117° 11.956
11S E 481329 N 3621264
This statue is located on North Harbor Drive across from San Diego's Airport.
Waymark Code: WM8TMT
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2010
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Referred to as Cancer Survivor Gauntlet on RoadsideAmerica.com, the real name of the statue is "Cancer... There's Hope" by artist Victor Salmones. It is located inside Cancer Survivor Park in Road to Recovery Plaza.
The Park is operated by the San Diego Port District and their website describes the statue thusly: (
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"The central focal point of the park. It consists of eight life-size figures passing through a maze depicting cancer treatments and success. People can walk among the figures, touch them, walk through the maze and generally visualize themselves being helped."
The plaque at the work indicates:
' "THIS SCULPTURE, "CANCER... THERE'S HOPE"
IS THE LAST WORK OF THE
WORLD RENOWNED SCULPTOR,
VICTOR SAMLONES.
HE CLAIMED IT TO BE HIS FINEST, A LABOR OF LOVE.
THE BACK FIVE FIGURES ARE CANCER PATIENTS AND
THEIR SUPPORTERS PREPARING TO ENTER
TREATMENT, REPRESENTED BY THE MAZE.
NOTICE THE FEAR, DETERMINATION AND HOPE ON
THEIR FACES IN CONTRAST
TO THE JOY OF THE FRONT THREE
SIGNIFYING SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT"
Richard & Annette Bloch
Cancer Survivor Park"