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  • June 2008

    • Architects Vie for Best Wobble

      newser  |  Building Design  |  Jun 7, 08 5:28 AM CDT

      Architects Vie for Best Wobble

      Don’t accuse them of playing with their food; the finalists in the 2008 London Festival of Architecture’s Jelly Design Contest aren’t fooling around. Using what Americans would call gelatin, “a vast range of architectural motifs and techniques have been used to spectacular effect,” an event organizer tells Building Design. Entries will be evaluated on aesthetics, innovation and “wobble factor.” More »

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      food  • England  • architecture  • design  • sculpture  • University College London

  • May 2008

    • Panel Rips MLK Statue, Says He Looks Like a Dictator

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 9, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Panel Rips MLK Statue, Says He Looks Like a Dictator

      A federal arts panel is demanding changes to a colossal statue of Martin Luther King Jr. planned for the heart of Washington because commissioners think King looks too "confrontational," almost like a dictator, reports the Washington Post . The 28-foot-tall statue is to be the centerpiece of a 4-acre King memorial scheduled to be finished next year, but the panel has the clout to hold things up. More »

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      Washington DC  • Martin Luther King Jr.  • sculpture  • statue  • National Mall  • monument

    • Sculpture Thieves Seek Scrap Metal

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 1, 08 4:39 PM CDT

      Sculpture Thieves Seek Scrap Metal

      A wave of sculpture thefts has little to do with the pieces’ artistic merit: Police believe they’ve been stolen for their valuable copper content, the Wall Street Journal reports. In the past 18 months, three public artworks displayed in Brea, Calif., have disappeared—and the trend is appearing across the country, pushing some artists to consider dropping bronze as a medium. More »

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      art  • commodities  • art theft  • sculpture  • copper  • public sculpture

  • April 2008

    • Cubs Unveil Statue, See Error of They're Ways

      newser  |  Chicago Tribune  |  Apr 2, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Cubs Unveil Statue, See Error of They're Ways

      Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich didn't even have to ask: A Cubs representative greeted her with "We're going to fix it. That's all I can say." And sure enough, less than 24 hours after the unveiling of a statue honoring legendary infielder Ernie Banks, the legend on its base is as impeccable as Mr. Cub's fielding: LET'S PLAY TWO, complete with apostrophe. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Chicago Cubs  • sculpture  • Wrigley Field

  • January 2008

    • Aaaay! Milwaukee to Cast Fonz in Bronze

      newser  |  Milwaukee Business Journal  |  Jan 25, 08 2:15 PM CST

      Aaaay! Milwaukee to Cast Fonz in Bronze

      Milwaukee’s about to get way cooler. Thanks to private donations and teenagers who bought “Bronze the Fonz” T-shirts, the tourist bureau has raised $85,000 to erect a permanent bronze tribute to Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli, the leather-jacketed biker in the Milwaukee-set '70s hit sitcom “Happy Days.” But the the local art community isn't impressed; one gallery is even said to be closing in protest. More »

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      television  • Wisconsin  • Milwaukee  • sculpture  • statue  • public art

  • December 2007

    • Lion Sculpture Fetches Record Price at Auction

      newser  |  BBC  |  Dec 6, 07 1:23 PM CST

      Lion Sculpture Fetches Record Price at Auction

      A limestone sculpture of a lioness standing at only 3¼ inches sold at auction in New York yesterday for $57 million, smashing the record price for a sculpture, the BBC reports. The Guennol Lioness, believed to have been carved 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Iran), topped the $29 million fetched by Pablo Picasso's "Tête de Femme" last month. More »

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      Baghdad  • Sotheby's  • sculpture

  • June 2007

    • Cheez Whiz Redoes Rushmore

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 30, 07 7:08 AM CDT

      Cheez Whiz Redoes Rushmore

      Troy Landwehr of Little Chute, Wisconsin has carved a block of cheese weighing over 600 pounds into a replica of Mt. Rushmore.  The project was commissioned by Cheez-It snack crackers, on whose products the mountain of cheese will eventually be served.  Troy hits the road shortly to promote his cheese mountain.  More »

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      Wisconsin  • sculpture  • publicity  • cheese

  • April 2007
  • March 2007

    • Chocolate Christ Show Cancelled

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 31, 07 5:54 PM CDT

      Chocolate Christ Show Cancelled

      A  nude chocolate Christ, sans loincloth, was pulled from a midtown Manhattan gallery yesterday after torrent of complaints from offended Catholics . Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, which orchestrated the protest, said the sculpture, intended for display during Holy Week,  was "one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever." More »

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      Catholic Church  • protests  • sculpture  • Christ  • Bill Donohue

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