Tag Archives: Sculpture

Having No Goal

Posted on by Bill Chance

“When someone seeks,” said Siddhartha, “then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Buddha Liu Yonggang, Chinese, b. 1964 China, 2013 Painted Steel Crow Collection of Asian Art Dallas, Texas

Buddha
Liu Yonggang, Chinese, b. 1964
China, 2013
Painted Steel
Crow Collection of Asian Art
Dallas, Texas

Depth Of Field

Posted on by Bill Chance

“Her life with others no longer interests him. He wants only her stalking beauty, her theatre of expressions. He wants the minute secret reflection between them, the depth of field minimal, their foreignness intimate like two pages of a closed book.”
― Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

Crow Collection of Asian Art Sculpture Garden Dallas, Texas

Crow Collection of Asian Art
Sculpture Garden
Dallas, Texas

Crow Collection of Asian Art

Crow Collection of Asian Art Sculpture Garden Dallas, Texas

Crow Collection of Asian Art
Sculpture Garden
Dallas, Texas

A Consolation For the Weary

Posted on by Bill Chance

“In the squares and in the streets we are placing our work convinced that art must not remain a sanctuary for the idle, a consolation for the weary, and a justification for the lazy. Art should attend us everywhere that life flows and acts.”
—-Vladimir Tatlin

Tatlin's Sentinel John Henry 2001, Yellow Painted Steel Dallas, Texas

Tatlin’s Sentinel
John Henry
2001, Painted Yellow Steel
Dallas, Texas

A well-placed large sculpture by John Henry. I like the title – I’ve always been a fan of Tatlin’s Tower – someone should build one of those – a real big-ass version.

There’s A Lady Who’s Sure All That Glitters Is Gold

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Stairway to Heaven James Suris Steel, Paint Art District, Dallas, Texas

Stairway to Heaven
James Suris
Steel, Paint
Arts District, Dallas, Texas

The Shortest Possible Route

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“Life is not like water. Things in life don’t necessarily flow over the shortest possible route.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

Dallas City Hall Plaza

Dallas City Hall Plaza

When I Bestride Him, I Soar

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“When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes. ”
― William Shakespeare, Henry V

Pegasus, Omni Hotel, Reunion Tower Dallas, Texas

Pegasus, Omni Hotel, Reunion Tower
Dallas, Texas

Where It Was Darkest And There Was No Path

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“They thought that it would be a disgrace to go forth as a group. Each entered the forest at a point that he himself had chosen, where it was darkest and there was no path. If there is a path it is someone else’s path and you are not on the adventure.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work

Paths Steinunn Thorarinsdottir Arts District Dallas, Texas

Paths
Steinunn Thorarinsdottir
Arts District
Dallas, Texas

Tasted For A Little While the Deep Happiness

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“So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, All the Sad Young Men

happy_again

Sculpture – Happy Again, 2014, Steel, by Michelle O’Michael

Building – Wyly Theater, Dallas, Texas

A Light From the Shadows Shall Spring

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Golden Boy from the street Dallas, Texas

Golden Boy
from the street
Dallas, Texas

I have photographed and written about this sculpture before.

The All Singing, All Dancing, Crap Of the World

Posted on by Bill Chance

“You are not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are the all singing, all dancing crap of the world.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Dallas City Hall

Dallas City Hall