Лихоборские ворота, Art installation at Altufyevskoye Highway, Moscow, Russia.
The Likhoborskie Gates were a wooden art installation on Altufyevskoye Highway in northern Moscow, created in 2005 by Nikolai Polissky and architect Galina Likhterova with the Nikola-Lenivets crafts. The structure assembled carved wooden elements into a large gate-like sculptural form. It was demolished on 31 May 2024.
The artwork was created in 2005 by artist Nikolai Polissky and architect Galina Likhterova. Their collaboration with the Nikola-Lenivets artisan collective shaped the realization of this public installation.
The gates were a collaboration between artist Nikolai Polissky, architect Galina Likhterova and the Nikola-Lenivets crafts collective, who built the wooden structure in 2005. The project brought the rural craft traditions of the Nikola-Lenivets art park onto a Moscow highway. The installation was dismantled on 31 May 2024.
The gates stood on Altufyevskoye Highway in northern Moscow, not near Ostankino Tower. They were dismantled on 31 May 2024, so there is nothing left to visit at the site.
The gates no longer exist: they were demolished on 31 May 2024, almost two decades after Nikolai Polissky and architect Galina Likhterova installed them on Altufyevskoye Highway in 2005. Visitors following older guides to see the wooden structure will find the site empty.
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