Therapeutic chair number 0001

The medical bronze chair is located in Voronezh in the square near the House of the regional government (entrance from Platonov St.). This chair is supposedly able to heal from greed and other vices of all comers.

September 30, 2011 the opening of the sculpture. ^{[3] [4]}

The sculpture was set by the artists of the gallery “H. L. A. M. ”in the framework of the project“ Public Art ”, the purpose of which is to bring art to the streets, to the masses. Governor Alexey Gordeev supported the idea - the project was funded by the government of the Voronezh region. The project executives Sergey Gorshkov and Yuri Astapchenko, the relatives of the author of Therapeutic Chair No. 0001, Alexander Nozhkin, representatives of the cultural community and members of the Leader civic meeting, which include representatives of the region’s business community, were invited to the grand opening. ^[five]

“ Like any object of art, a chair is designed to cultivate the best qualities in a person: you sit on it, a current of art passes through you, and you recharge with kindness. How many times you sit on a chair depends on the degree of“ disease ” - a detailed instruction is installed next to the sculpture. As Irina, the widow of Alexander Nozhkin, said, the main task of the chair is to cure people of callousness, to make them kind and more human.

In a festive atmosphere, the sculpture was opened by the Governor of the Voronezh region Alexei Gordeev and the artist Arseny Zhilyaev.

And the first to experience the healing power of art was Sasha, the grandson of the artist Alexander Nozhkin. The governor urged Voronezh to be bolder - even if someone is confident that he does not have bad qualities, to sit on a chair at least as a preventative measure - and set an example. After sitting in the Therapeutic chair, the governor shared his impressions. ^{[6] [7]}

“ We allowed to put it here, given the fact that it is the center of the city, bosses and various rich people often go here, and they first of all need to think about goodness and helping others. This, of course, is irony. But, nevertheless, this sculpture makes it possible to think about what kind of person you are, what you have done for society, what benefits you bring to relatives, friends, in the team where you work. And this is a very good thing, I suggest everyone come here and sit here at least once a year , ”said Alexey Gordeev. ^{[8] [9]}

The sculpture of the treatment chair No. 0001 consists of four legs, a seat and a back.

On a chair seat palms are depicted, which (as conceived by the authors) are able to give a person good and positive energy.

On the back of the chair it is written: "Everyone who sits down is charged with good and loses his redneck nature." ^[ten]

One of the legs of the chair is made in the form of a human leg. This was done specifically to remind the residents of Voronezh of the author of the monument - the talented artist Alexander Nozhkin. The artist did not live up to the realization of his idea. The sculptors Sergey Gorshkov and Yuri Astapchenko did this for him. ^[eleven]

• Kononov V. I. Therapeutic anti-Zhlob chair // On Plekhanovskaya street. - Voronezh: Socium, 2014.

• Russian newspaper, article about the treatment chair No. 0001