"The image of bound hands is a powerful reminder that ideological bondage can corrupt the pursuit of intellectual endeavors. Before the recent fall of the socialist governments in central and eastern Europe, the arts and sciences were strictly controlled by the Communist Party. In the sciences, the Party's goal was to control human behavior so as to encourage the development of humanity's collective nature. /.../ Sculptor Igor Mitoraj's reinterpretation of classical themes points back to his art training in socialist Poland, when the idealism of classical aesthetic was subverted by ideology" Commentary from the March-April 1993 issue of the American Scientist.