We had little Jimmy bronzed
August 11th, 2008 by conahan
Our research department looked into the similarity between the skater sculpture in Naperville , Illinois and the one in Milton Freewater, Oregon. We found a few additional examples, but no catalog yet. Apparently sculptors are also over the handplant.
L to R: Bronze Boy on a Skateboard by the people who brought you the Bronze Girl on a Skateboard previously mentioned on SnA,
Ollie the laurels,
Naperville, Illinois example,
Skater Boi in Albuquerque, NM,
Czech triumphal skateboarder,
The Milton-Freewater skater.
If you think of art as knicknacks or tchotchkes to be sprinkled around your city or garden because of your horror vacui, you might find what you need from Krupps.
On the other hand an image of a skateboarder might inspire or at least provoke: what on earth is a triumphal skater figure doing there? - similar in some ways to the BBOS but so much more dignified.
August 11th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
how is it possible for these sculptors to study the body positioning, clothing wrinkles, etc. of skateboarding, but they always fail at getting the actual skateboard to look right?
August 11th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
They have another one at the Wilmington NC skatepark.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
isn’t the Wilmington, N.C. sculpture made out of spare car parts and miscellaneous metal pieces?
August 11th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
how is it possible for these sculptors to study the body positioning, clothing wrinkles, etc. of skateboarding, but they always fail at getting the actual skateboard to look right?
My thoughts exactly. The skateboard always seems like an afterthought.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Love the bottom left one.
I didn’t know Han Solo skated. I guess the carbonate aged him down a bit.