Monument

Lenin Statue

Name: Lenin Statue
Address: 3526 Fremont Pl N, Seattle, WA, US

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Jeanette & Ned

May 3, 2019

I don't know who put the pic of the Ballard Locks here. Old Vladimir is much more impressive. You can meet up with him just a few blocks west of the Fremont Troll.

Grace

March 8, 2019

This statue is controversial, and people continue to debate whether it belongs here. However, this larger-than-life rendering of Vladimir Lenin glaring down at the funky freedoms in Fremont’s commercial district is just an example of why Fremont is an artist’s community. This cast bronze sculpture weighs over 7 tons and 16 feet tall, & the sculpture took ten years to complete and is truly unique. It is believed to be the only representation portraying Lenin surrounded by guns and flames instead of holding a book or waving his hat. The sculptor was able to express his vision of Lenin as a violent revolutionary. An American veteran teaching in Poprad, Lewis Carpenter, found the sculpture lying face down after it was toppled in the 1989 Revolution. He recognized Venkov’s skill and craftsmanship and the boldness of his portrayal. It was brought to Fremont in 1996 and sits in the heart of downtown Fremont at the intersection of Fremont Place North, North 36th Street and Evanston Avenue North. Like the Fremont Troll and the Waiting for the Interurban sculpture, the Lenin statue is often decorated, appropriated, or vandalized with various intentions, both whimsical and serious. Lenin in Fremont: Right or Wrong? The presence of this sculpture has evoked a wide range of responses. If art is supposed to make us feel, not just feel good, then this sculpture is a successful work of art. The challenge is to understand that this piece means different things to different people and to learn to listen to each other and respect different opinions. From an artist’s standpoint, all points of view are valid and important. Art outlives politics and this sculpture lives in the Artist’s Republic of Fremont, as a symbol of an artistic spirit that outlasts regimes and ideologies.

Connie

November 10, 2017

The Statue of Lenin in Seattle is a 16 ft bronze sculpture of Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, by Bulgarian sculptor Emil Venkov. It was completed and put on display in Czechoslovakia in 1988. The statue was taken down following the Velvet Revolution of 1989. It was bought in 1993 by an American, who moved it to Washington in the US. Since 1995 it has been up for sale and on display in an outdoor retail property in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.