Ústa pravdy, Relief sculpture in Lipnice nad Sázavou, Czech Republic.
Ústa pravdy is a granite rock surface featuring multiple carved mouth shapes that form an artistic relief sculpture near a former quarry lake in the forest. The work includes various facial expressions cut directly into the natural stone face.
The sculpture was created by artist Radomír Dvořák and opened on September 7, 2006, as part of a national memorial project about surveillance and wiretapping. The installation emerged from efforts to commemorate a specific chapter in recent political history.
The carved mouths reference themes of surveillance and listening that remain visible in how the stone faces are arranged across the rock surface. Visitors can see how the artist shaped these forms to suggest both speaking and being heard.
The sculpture is reachable from Lipnice nad Sázavou center by following marked trails, with the main route taking around 4 kilometers through the woods. The site is best visited in dry weather, and the surrounding forest offers several walking paths to explore.
The work uses a natural granite face from a former quarry site, merging artistic creation with the wild forest landscape in an unconventional way. Its location beside the abandoned extraction area makes it an organic part of the surrounding nature rather than a separate structure.
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