Art is integrated with nature in different ways, it is a motif of representation, as the materials used in sculptures are taken from the natural environment.
Such is the case of marble, a stone used in architecture and sculpture for its durability. The work in marble is not an easy task, the devastation, cleaning, and polishing require an incalculable physical effort.
Las Tunas has countless marble sculptures, not just in squares, parks, or institutions but also in peripheral areas as a mark of enjoyment and responsibility.
The Bosque por la Paz (Forest for Peace) is an attractive and interesting space because of the works that live in the natural environment, fruits of the Sculpture Encounter developed in 2005, made by Nover Olano Escobar, René Peña Carbonell, Pedro Escobar Mora and Elevis Báez Morales, from Las Tunas; Julio César Pérez Moracén (Santiago de Cuba), Juan Luis Maceo Núñez (Granma), Ulises Nieblas Pérez (Matanzas) and Daniel Hechavarría (Isla de la Juventud); together with Aramis Justiz Pereira and Víctor Viera, from Havana.
The sculptural ensemble had no preconceived design, but had the approval of the Commission for the Development of Monumental and Environmental Sculpture (CODEMA in Spanish) and the advice of the architect Lilian González Rodríguez, "with a sketch or line of desire, whose conception thought of a park or meadow in permanent growth, with placement of volumetric pieces and planting of trees; a symbolism of cultivating, caring for and defending peace."
"The pieces would be ordered by styles, stages, and materials and linked by paths for contemplation, calm, and animation by musical notes or the presence of music students, given the proximity of the School of Art.
"We nurtured the idea that the visiting personalities would participate in tree planting and the locations of new works..."
The context of the Forest suggests the practice of hiking, the earth underfoot is always powerful, it is its occasional inhabitants who must take energy from it and give it back.
Las Tunas has natural sites of unequaled beauty, the Forest for Peace is one of them, which deserves more care and enhancement.
