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Richard MacDonaldGymnast Bust, Platinum2006
2006
$2,100
£1,605.56
€1,849.28
CA$2,942.74
A$3,285.30
CHF 1,721.45
MX$40,215.26
NOK 21,862.38
SEK 20,613.45
DKK 13,801.39
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Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America celebrates the triumph of the human spirit and the idealization of the human form. While its message is universal, Flair Across America also embodies the Olympic credo stated by the father of the modern-day Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, “The essence lies not in the victory, but in the struggle.” Epitomizing the energy that MacDonald devotes to his monuments, the artist brought together gold-medal Olympic athletes to tour with the monument, including Kurt Thomas who popularized the gymnastic movement called The Flair.
Signed in plate by Richard MacDonald.
- Creator:Richard MacDonald (1946, American)
- Creation Year:2006
- Dimensions:Height: 10 in (25.4 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 7 in (17.78 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Laguna Beach, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: GYM005PN1stDibs: LU49016483132
Richard MacDonald
There are artists and there are masters. Richard MacDonald will go down in the history of sculpture as Picasso did painting, as an unequivocal master of the art.
Only a number of people can master craftsmanship, far fewer, the art of the human form. Figurative sculpture is a language MacDonald speaks with astounding fluency, and as with any language, MacDonald’s creative drive is formed from a need to share the universal dialect of the human figure with those who understand it; this is the unique privilege the artist affords his viewers.
MacDonald captures the beauty, romance and essence of the human spirit in motion. Influenced by the expressiveness in the figures of Renaissance master Donatello, the emotional intensity of works by 19th century French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the power of Michelangelo’s sculptures, MacDonald’s inspirational, sensitive works are precisely of the moment, yet profoundly historic by reference. And they dance rhythmically for all to see — in the leap and grace of the dancer, the power of the athlete, the gesture and passion of lovers, the spirit rises, and MacDonald captures it.
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