The Awakening (sculpture)

The Awakening (1980) is a 72-foot (22 m) statue by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. that depicts a giant embedded in the earth, struggling to free himself.

[1] The Awakening was created by J. Seward Johnson, Jr. in 1980 as part of Washington, DC's 11th annual Sculpture Conference, and the sculpture was originally installed at Hains Point in East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.. Hains Point was designated by Congress as the site for a National Peace Garden in 1987.

At the National Harbor development, the sculpture was installed on a specially built beach along the Potomac River.

[5][6] A fiberglass copy of The Awakening, also made by Seward Johnson, has been exhibited in at least three places in Italy, [7] where it is called Il Risveglio.

It was installed there first in April 2009 on Piazza Duomo (Cathedral Square) on the island of Ortygia, the historic, old part of Syracuse, Sicily at the time of some G8 meetings in Italy.

The statue at its current location on a man-made beach along the Potomac River at National Harbor, Maryland .
The Awakening at its former location at Hains Point , Washington, D.C.