Andrei Sakharov Human Rights Monument. Moscow, USSR

Chapaievsky Park in Moscow the proposed by the City of Moscow for Carter’s Andrei Sakharov Monumental mosaic and the Center for Democratic Principles also authored by Jerry W Carter American artist.

Carter and the Mayor of Moscow negotiated a contract for the design of the Andrei Sakharov / Human Rights Monument and Center for Democratic Principles.

Background of the Andrei Sakharov Monument Project in The Soviet Union.

The seeds of international peace and ecology Carter were planted in the 1986 AIMC meeting in Louvan, before Ravenna’s Parco della Pace, sprouted again in Moscow in 1990, when Carter, an Association of International Contemporary Mosaicists (AIMC) member, started to create his Andrei Sakharov Human Rights Monument project, that was approved by the Mayor of Moscow, Gavril Popov in 1993. Carter’s Moscow Human Rights Monument project began in 1986 at The AIMC international meeting in at the University of Louvin with the American artist’s demonstration of his desire for peace with Russians, to Prof Vladimir Konstitine Zamkov, Director of Monumental Painting and Mosaic Department of the Stroganoff Art Academy Moscow

Russian and American peace monuments seen in Ravenna, Italy’s Park of Peace Among Peoples.

Soviet Artist, Alexandre Kornoukhov and American artist Jerry W. Carter at inaugural of Ravenna Peace Park.

American artist, Jerry W. Carter and Director of Monumental Painting and Mosaic at the AIMC meeting in the University of Louvin la Nueve Belgium. 1986

Jerry W. Carter, Prof. Zamkov. and Gianfranco Bustacchini, Peace Park organizer in the background.

IMMORTAL DIAMOND - The Inspiration of the Monument

Immortal Diamond. A painting by Jerry W. Carter based on a poem by the same name, written by Gerard Manly Hopkins, S.J. Hopkins, an early climate scientist in the mid 1800s. Commissioned by Fr. Timothy Healey, S.J. President of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 1988

Prof. Vladimir Zamkov , Director of Monumental Painting and Mosaic Department of the Stroganov Art Academy , Moscow writes about The Ravenna Peace Park and Carter’s Mosaics in Iskustva Dekorativa Arts journal, July 1987.

“The Creative Process and Creations of Jerry Carter.” Echo Planet. A TASS magazine. Written by Igor Ignative. Editor. 1988. Translation aside.

July 1990. Elena Egoreva, Editor of Iskustva Dekorativa Magazine, announces Jerry Carter’s Peace Ecology Stele project in feature article about the American Artist.

Jerry Carter’s Exhibition at The Moscow Artist’s Association Gallery MARC

February 15, 1990.

Moscow Artist’s Association Press Release of Carter’s Exhibition.

Right: Mrs. Rebecca Matlock, wife of the American Ambassador to the Soviet Union views Immortal Diamond painting with American Artist Jerry Carter at Galleria MARC, The Moscow Artist’s Association Gallery. Carter exhibited his Immortal Diamond painting and cast mosaic compositions at at the Moscow Artist Association Gallery. The Moscow art community wanted this painting to become a mosaic demonstrating their desire for human rights. Mrs. Rebecca Matlock, American Ambassador’s wife is seen here with Carter at the exhibition opening at Galleria MARC.

Jerry W. Carter was the first American Artist to exhibit at MARS Gallery. He was also the first person to bring artworks into the USSR without Soviet Government international paper work.

Carter’s Exhibition at The American Ambassador’s Residence in Moscow, USSR. 1990.

Rebecca Matlock opens Carter’s exhibition at SPASO House.

E. Svavgulidze, Director of the Georgian Culture Center. American Ambassador Jack Matlock, Jerry W. Carter, Artist. Carter’s Moscow Human Rights Monument project began in 1986 at The AIMC international meeting in at the University of Louvin with the American artist’s demonstration of his desire for peace with Russians, to Prof Vladimir Konstitine Zamkov, Director of Monumental Painting and Mosaic Department of the Stroganoff Art Academy Moscow.

Carter’s Exhibition at SPASO House. Above include Alexander Khornoukhov, Rebecca Matlock, US Ambassador’s wife, Jerry Carter. To right of the pyramid, Jerry Carter, American Artist, E. Svavgulidze, Director of the Georgian Culture Center. Igor Bugayev, Chairman of Culture, Vladimir Krasilnikov, Chief of Urban Design and Architecture. Prof. Vladimir Zamkov. Director Monumental Painting and Mosaic Department Stroganoff Art Academy, Moscow.

Russians and Americans plan to honor Climate Scientist and Human Rights Activist Andrei Sakharov

Working Dinner with the US Ambassador & Mrs. Matlock; Jerry Carter; Elena Bonner, Andrei Sakharov’s wife; Sergey Stankevitch, Specialist of the Secretariat of the First Deputy Chairman of the Moscow Soviet discuss Carter’s Andrei Sakharov Monument project at the US Ambassador’s residence.

Jerry W. Carter’s Immortal Diamond painting exhibited in The American Ambassador’s Gallery at Spaso House. Seen here with Elena Bonner, Andrei Sakharov’s wife, Sergei Stankevitch, Speaker of the Mossoviet, and Jerry Carter.

July 1991, Elena Bonner, agrees to Carter’s project to honor her husband.

Alexander Khornoukhov and Jerry W. Carter in Moscow. [1990-1992]

From January 1990 through 1993, while American artist Jerry W. Carter planned for the Sakharov monument and Center for Democratic Principles, Carter met with Russian Artist Alexander Khornoukhov, and worked with Dr. Boris Khassine Ph.D. who helped and organized for Carter all during this period.

Boris Khassine and Alexander Khornoukhov in Moscow.