ARNALDO POMODORO'S SCULPTURES

Update:
Hi Karin, I found an sculpture of Arnaldo Pomodoro in Los Angeles. It is the sculpture outside of the John Ferraro building (Department of Water and Power) in Downtown Los Angeles. The sculpture is called "Colpo d'ala".



"Colpo d'ala", photo by Junior Briceño

I saw for the first time on New York Daily Photo  this amazing sculpture, "Sfera Con Sfera", created by the Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. In the occasion (October 11, 2007) I did a post about Pomodoro and now I repost it with news pictures for those who did not see it yet. Arnaldo Pomodoro was born on June 23, 1926 in Morciano, Italy and currently lives and works in Milan. For see more photos visit the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Eu vi pela primeira vez no blog New York Daily Photo esta incrível escultura, "Sfera Con Sfera", criada pelo escultor italiano Arnaldo Pomodoro. Na ocasião (October 11,2007) eu fiz um post sobre Pomodoro que agora repito aqui com novas fotos, para aqueles que ainda não o viram. Arnaldo Pomodoro nasceu em 23 de junho de 1926 em Morciano, Itália e atualmente vive e trabalha em Milão. Para ver mais fotos visite a Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro.

Photo by New York Daily Photo

 

Disco, 1993-1994

  

Carapace Winery in Umbria, Italy

 

The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Suspended twenty-eight feet over the altar is a corona or crown 14 feet in diameter, designed by Arnaldo Pomodoro in collaboration with Giuseppe Maraniello, who created the figure of Christ that completes the piece. Photo by The Cathedral Home Page. 

 

Torre a Spirale 1991-1994

 

 

 Triade, 1999 

 

Header photo by gretaostinata

PAPER SCULPTURE... ESCULTURA EM PAPEL...

Anna-Wili Highfield is a Sydney (Australia) based artist currently making sculptures of birds and animals from paper and from copper pipe. The paper sculptures are created from archival cotton paper, that is painted, then sewn together, to create the figure of beautiful birds and animals. Anna-Wili was born in 1980. The daughter of a puppeteer, she spent her childhood exposed to people making wonderful creatures. Anna-Wili has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the National Art School. Her sculptures have travelled to the homes of people in Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, London, Toronto and New York. You can visit her site Here.
Anna-Wili Highfield é um artista de Sydney (Austrália) que atualmente cria esculturas de aves e animais usando papel e tubos de cobre. As esculturas são realizadas a partir de papel de algodão, que são pintados, costurados, dando forma a belos pássaros e animais. Anna-Wili nasceu em 1980, filha de uma criadora de marionetes, tendo passado a sua infância em contato com talentosos artistas. Anna-Wili é Bacharel em Artes Plásticas pela Escola Nacional de Arte. Suas esculturas têm viajado e encantado o mundo todo: Sydney, Melbourne, Paris, Londres, Toronto e Nova York. Você pode visitar o seu site Aqui.

STEEL TREES... ÁRVORES DE AÇO

The first time I saw this amazing steel sculpture by Roxy Paine was on New York City Daily Photo. Sculpture installed at the Madison Square Park, in NY City. Photo taken by Ming the Merciless.
Eu vi pela primeira vez esta interessante escultura de aço de Roxy Paine, no blog New York City Daily Photo. A escultura está instalada na Madison Square Park, NY. Foto de Ming the Merciless.
Sculpture "Coinjoined", in Madison Square Park, New York City. Photo via Wikipedia


Roxy Paine Inversion, via Sweet Station.

The Steel Trees Sculpture on Stephen Ave in Calgary, Alberta. Photo by Chuck Szmurlo

Roof garden sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Photo by Elizabeth Bradford.

SCULPTURES BY THEO JANSEN - WALK BY THE WIND - PASSEANDO COM VENTO

When I saw on tv amazing sculptures walking by the wind on the beach I was enchanted, amazed! I would like to share with you those wonderful sculptures of the artist THEO JANSEN . Click on the artist's name to see amazing videos.

Quando vi pela tv incríveis esculturas se movimentando pela praia impulsionadas pelo vento fiquei encantada, impressionada! Gostaria de compartilhar com você estas maravilhosas esculturas do artista THEO JANSEN. Clique no nome do artista para ver vídeos incríveis.

Photo via I-CRU WEBLOG


Theo Jansen

A Jansen "beach beast", exhibited on the Linz city square during Ars Electronica, 2005

Theo Jansen (He was born in 17 March 1948 in Scheveningen, in the Netherlands ) is an artist and kinetic sculptor living and working in the Netherlands. He builds large works - "Strandbeest" - which resemble skeletons of animals which are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering. In a BMW television commercial, Jansen says "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds."

Theo Jansen (Ele nasceu em 17 de março de 1948, na cidade de Scheveningen, na Holanda) é um artista e escultor cinético holandês. A sua obra é especialmente conhecida pelos trabalhos de grandes dimensões que se assemelham a esqueletos de animais e que são capazes de caminhar utilizando a energia do vento. As suas obras são uma mistura de arte e engenharia; em um comercial de televisão da BMW, Theo Jansen afirma que "as fronteiras entre arte e engenharia existem apenas em sua mente". Link link para o artigo Esculturas (Quase) Vivas, na Revista Veja.

ARNALDO POMODORO'S SCULPTURES

With this post I guess I'm starting a new series of some interestings sites I have found wandering over Internet. As a matter of fact my last post about newspaper's sculpture was the first one of this series I named "What I saw on the Internets".

Photo by New York Daily Photo

So, I saw for the first time on New York Daily Photo (Brian's blog) this amazing sculpture, "Sfera con sfera", that means "Sphere with Sphere" created by the Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. Pomodoro was born on June 23, 1926 in Morciano, Romagna, Italy and currently lives and works in Milan. (You can see his sculptures here and here)

Photo by Marco Cortesi Photo Gallery


Photos by The Vatican and Environs

Some of Pomodoro's "Sfera con Sfera" can be seen in the Vatican Museums, Trinity College in Dublin, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. and the University of California, Berkeley.

Photos by Marco Cortesi Photo Gallery

Some of the highlights include a controversial fiberglass crucifix for the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The piece is topped with a fourteen foot in diameter crown of thorns which hovers over the figure of Christ.

The sculptor also traveled to Brazil on the occasion of his participation in the 1963 São Paulo Bienal, where he was awarded the International Sculpture Prize.

NICK GEORGIOU'S SCULPTURES

I saw last February on Wooster Collective some interesting and creative sculptures made by the urban sculptor Nick Georgiou. This New York artist creates strange creatures out of the stitched folds of thousands of discarded newspapers. Just amazing! You must to visit his blog: Nick Georgiou

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SCULPTORS

I think that my post about Street Art enjoyed many visitors. There are much more amazing and creative artists I saw on Wooster Collective, but just today I would like to share with all of you, four artists, three of them suggested by friends. Nancy Bea which has a web site of her paintings and also has a blog , named GenreCookShop, mention on her commentary, the sculptor Duane Hanson. Naomi, from Here In The Hills, made a mention to the sculptor George Segal. Pam in Tucson, from Tortoise Trail, mention the realistic sculptures by J. Seward Johnson . I also have constantly seen in the Internet the sculptures of the artist Ron Mueck. His sculptures are so amazing and so provoking that I thought you all might enjoy looking at his work as much as I do. (Click on photos to see the details). Last but not least, Fran aka Redondowriter, from Sacred Ordinary, mention the big project called Art in Public Places, in Downtown Los Angeles. But the last suggestion would be for a next time! Thank you all very much!

"In Bed", 2005 (Ron Mueck)

"Mask II" (Ron Mueck)

"Wild Men" (Ron Mueck)

"Two Women", 2005 (Ron Mueck)

"Boy", Bienal de Veneza 2001 (Ron Mueck)

"Ron Mueck, (1958- ) is a London-based photo-realist artist. Born in Melbourne, Australia, to parents who were toy makers. He started out as a puppet maker for Australian children's TV, and settled in London (via the United States) working for Jim Henson on Sesame Street and The Muppets and supervising the special effects for two feature films: Dreamchild (1985) and Labyrinth (1986) a fantasy epic starring David Bowie. Mueck then started his own company in London, making models to be photographed for advertisements. In the early 1990s, still in his advertising days, Mueck was commissioned to make something highly realistic, and was wondering what material would do the trick. Fiberglass resin was the answer, and Mueck has made it his bronze and marble ever since." "Ron Mueck’s work became world-famous when a poignant sculpture of his dead father’s small, naked body caused shockwaves in the Royal Academy’s Sensation exhibition in 1997. The attention to detail and sheer technical brilliance of his figures are incredible, but it is Mueck’s use of scale that takes your breath away. He still lives and works in London."

On Flickr you can see 287 amazing Mueck's photos all sized and on Washington Post you can see photos, too.

"Traveller" (Duane Hanson)

"Young Shopper" (Duane Hanson)

"Queenie II" (Duane Hanson)

"Tourist II" (Duane Hanson)

"Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 - January 6, 1996) was an American post-modern sculptor known for his life-sized photorealistic works of humans, cast in various materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, even Bondo®. Later works, starting in the mid-1980s, were cast in bronze. Most of his sculptures are direct three-dimensional casts of his models, a technique known as life casting. The surface of the cast is carefully painted in skin tones; he adds clothing, jewelry, and other props, lending to a trompe l'oeil or almost hyper-realistic effect. Duane Hanson’s sculptures of people are just too believable."

"Abraham and Isaac" (George Segal)

"The Holocaust" (George Segal)

The George Segal Monument sits in Legion of Honor Park in San Francisco overlooking a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean

"The Dancers" (George Segal)

"Gay Liberation" (George Segal)

"George Segal (November 26, 1924 - June 9, 2000) was an American painter and sculptor associated with the Pop Art movement. Although Segal started his art career as a painter, his best known works are cast life size figures and the tableaux the figures inhabited. In place of traditional casting techniques, Segal pioneered the use of plaster bandages (plaster-impregnated gauze strips designed for making orthopedic casts) as a sculptural medium. Initially, Segal kept the sculptures stark white, but a few years later he began painting them (usually in bright monochrome). Eventually he started having the final forms cast in bronze, sometimes patinated white to resemble the original plaster. Segal's figures had minimal color and detail, which gave them a ghostly, melancholic appearance. In larger works, one or more figures were placed in anonymous, typically urban environments such as a street corner, bus, or diner. In contrast to the figures, the environments were built using found objects."

"Lunch Break" (J. Seward Johnson)

"Making a Point" (J. Seward Johnson)

"Taxi" (J. Seward Johnson)

John Seward Johnson II (born 1930), "also known as J. Seward Johnson, Jr. and Seward Johnson is an American sculptor known for his trompe l'oeil bronze painted sculptures. While early in his life, his artistic life focused on painting, he turned his talents to sculpture in 1968. Johnson is most well known for his life-size cast bronze statues of people of all ages engaged in day-to-day activities such as a father teaching his child to ride a bike, a woman sunbathing, and two people on a park bench. "

"Painter with Dog" (J. Seward Johnson)

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