Cancer... There's Hope - San Diego, CA - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

"Cancer... There's Hope" by artist Victor Salmones (1935-1989), 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: (visit link)

"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"

Apparently, based on the Smithsonian Inventory, which last surveyed the work in 1994, this work was in a similar Cancer Survivor Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Cancer... There's Hope Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Victor Salmones Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: unknown Materials used: Bronze and plastic coated wood (?). Location: Cancer Survivor Park

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