Language of sculpture

In the framework of the “U.S. Art Residence” project Window o America Dnipropetrovsk center's staff prepared a session dedicated to the art of sculpture. The “Gabfest” Club members were familiarized with a row of American sculptors.
We started the presentation with the videos about the works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. During the three decades of a remarkable career, he redirected and invigorated the course of American sculpture away from a Neoclassical aesthetic to a lively, naturalistic style, while also ardently promoting the nationalistic concept of an American school of sculpture. The video about the “Robert Gould Shaw Memorial” (1884–97) for Boston impressed the group. It depicts a procession of African-American foot soldiers of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry with their commander Colonel Shaw on his horse with an angel of glory hovering above, a stunning synthesis of real and ideal. Other videos illustrated his monuments for New York and the project for “the most beautiful coin in the world” – the 20$ coin.
Another name introduced to the audience was that of Frederic Remington .His artistic career took an unexpected turn when he learned the basics of clay modeling from a fellow sculptor. Remington's “Broncho Buster” was an instant success, admired for its moment-in-time rendering of a cowboy astride a bucking horse. His talent for sculpture was matched by his technical derring-do and predilection for storytelling detail, resulting in some of the finest American small bronzes of the time. The abstract US sculpture was presented by the works of American sculptors with European roots – J. Lipchitz and O. Archipenko.
The second part of the session was dedicated to the group conversation about the sculptures of Dnipropetrovsk. The club members tried to tell our American guest Mr. Brian about the famous local monuments and their symbolism. The topic was challenging and educational to all participants.
Number of participants – 22 persons.

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