A Syrian-born artist was on Tuesday to open an eye-catching installation in Germany – three passenger buses placed vertically like sniper barricades – but the artwork has drawn fierce criticism from far-right groups.Dubbed “Monument”, the mega-sculpture in the eastern city of Dresden aims to evoke the barricades set up in the war-torn eastern city of Aleppo and the suffering of the people of Syria, the birthplace of artist Manaf Halbouni.The artwork symbolises “peace, freedom and humanity,” the 32-year-old, who is also a German citizen, told national news agency DPA.”There is no other political message. It’s a peace memorial, a modern Statue of Liberty.”Using two mobile cranes, it was set up ahead of next Monday’s annual memorial day that recalls the World War II bombardment of the Baroque city that killed some 25,000 people on February 13-14, 1945.While many mark the anniversary by remembering the suffering the Nazi regime inflicted on the world, far-right revisionists have used the day to paint Germany as the victim of foreign aggression.