Open Arms – Hug, Stone sculpture in Petřkovice, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Open Arms – Hug is a roughly hewn conical stone block, tilted slightly forward, standing on Hlučínská street on the square by the pavement in front of the neo-Gothic school building in Petřkovice. Two large hands emerge from the block, so the piece reads as a figure with open arms coming down a gentle slope to embrace an approaching visitor.

Open Arms – Hug was made by Petřkovice-born sculptor Lenka Klodová for the third Landek stone-sculpture symposium in 2006, and was placed on Hlučínská street on 17 October 2007. It stands roughly where a memorial to President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk once stood. Klodová also designed the architectural layout of the square around it.

The title Náruč – Objetí, "Open Arms – Hug", describes the gesture carved into the block: two large hands emerging from the stone, read as a figure walking down a slight slope to embrace someone arriving. The author, Lenka Klodová, a sculptor born in Petřkovice, also designed the architectural layout of the square where the work stands.

The sculpture stands outdoors on Hlučínská street, on the square by the pavement in front of the neo-Gothic school building, roughly where a memorial to Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk once stood. It is freely visible at any time; the author, Lenka Klodová, also designed the architectural layout of the square around it.

The sculpture stands on the approximate site of a former memorial to President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Its author, Lenka Klodová, a native of Petřkovice, also designed the architectural layout of the square around it.