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SOLAR PEACE SCULPTURE arrives in Copenhagen

Fred George Worldwide, NEW YORK, NY, December 10, 2009

Fred Georges SOLAR PEACE SCULPTURE arrived in Copenhagen today. His 8.75-foot (2.6 meter) model is available for viewing at the green art hotel, Hotel FOX, located at Jarmers Plads 3, December 10-20, 2009. This is a traveling model of the original 50-foot (15.24 meter) version of his Solar Peace Sculpture, which includes oil barrels, solar panels, and an interactive media center. The media center features videos of projects worldwide which embrace peace and sustainability.

Copenhagen is the perfect place for us to share the message of the Solar Peace Sculpture. Both art and peace have an incredible ability to transcend language. What a great opportunity to have a global conversation about preserving the environment and promoting alternative energy. We want people left with the vision of peace: peace with nature, peace within, peace worldwide.

-Fred George, Artist, Solar Peace Sculpture.

Fred George and his team intend to build several 50-foot (15.24 meter) tall versions of the Solar Peace Sculpture throughout the world. To participate in this historic project, currently there is a limited edition, 15-inch (38cm) model, of the Solar Peace Sculpture available for purchase in Copenhagen. Additional opportunities for donations and sponsorships are available.

Alongside the 8.75 foot (2.6 meter) sculpture, Paramount Pictures will present An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore at the Hotel FOX at 5 and 7 p.m every day during COP 15. There will be art presentations at the Hotel FOX on Sunday, December 13th from 2-5pm and a speech by Fred George and drinks from 6-8pm. Located at Jarmers Plads 3, DK-1551 Copenhagen V, Denmark.

FRED GEORGE is available in Copenhagen for interviews December 10th-20th. He can be contacted at the Hotel FOX and is available via cell phone at +1 (917) 923-1827. Please contact Laura Martorella in Los Angeles +1 (323) 304-3201 or lauramartorella@mac.com for more information.

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***SOLAR PEACE SCULPTURE***

To sound a global alarm of our crisis of consumption, Fred George conceived of the Solar Peace Sculptures. The works are inspired by Gerald Holtom´s 1958 emblem for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, known as the peace sign.

Standing 58 feet high, the sculpture is constructed from 80 oil barrels, with a solar energy panel attached to each barrel. The sculpture fabricates a sustainable resource that feeds back into the city´s electrical grid. At a time when we have never been more dependent on oil for our daily transport, this donation of energy delivers a message of environmental responsibility and social pride. Symbolically, this piece of art represents a call to the world that the time of sole reliance on fossil fuel is running out. The human casualties, stemming from the oil wars, will only increase if we do not embrace alternative energy. Employing solar power is an obvious solution. For New York City and Germany it will become a great symbol of energy conservation and a call for peace worldwide.

But the Solar Peace Sculpture is not only social commentary. It is also an active commitment to energy conservation, transforming a symbol of consumption into production by literally generating energy. It is one of the first sculptures to continuously generate proceeds for charitable donations from renewable resources.