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New on the Crocker's Block
by Kati Garner, published on July 26, 2011 at 10:31 AM
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Donors of the sculpture, Frank and Lill Anderson, walk around it after its installation.
(Image by: Kati Garner)
Yesterday the Crocker Art Museum installed two new outside sculptures. Placed in the courtyard is an untitled piece by Gerald Walburg.
Folded Circle Cube and Disc, a fourteen-foot sculpture weighing 3,000 lbs. by artist Fletcher Benton, was Installed at the corner of O and 3rd Streets.
Benton’s work is included in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
The artist was awarded the International Sculpture Center’s award for Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture in 2008.
Folded Circle Cube and Disc was donated to the Museum by Frank and Lill Anderson of the Bay area. Lill has known Benton since the late 1950's.
Installation of the piece required a crane. Here's a few pictures of the installation:
The base was installed so that the sculpture can be rotated
simply by a push by a person.
(Image by: Kati Garner)
Workers protected the art by covering it before it was moved by the crane.
(Image by: Kati Garner)
The art was moved from the street onto the Crocker's lawn and lowered onto the base.
(Image by: Kati Garner)
The final piece, a rod of steel, was put into place.
(Image by: Kati Garner)
The Anderson's walked around the installed sculpture.
(Image by: Kati Garner)
Untitled sculpture by Gerald Walburg is in the Crocker's
courtyard.
(Image by: Kati Garner)
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Aaron Davis
July 26, 2011 | 10:58 AM
Great shots, Kati...the B&W does nice, especially on the shots with the museum itself in the background
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dks
July 26, 2011 | 4:13 PM
What is the status of intentions of the Crocker People's plan to install the lifesize statutes (Bronze) of a Pitcher and Catcher b-ball players inside the Museum....these status were first put out in the Park across the street a few years ago...then removed....and put in storage....
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Kathleen Richards
July 27, 2011 | 2:48 PM
Hi DKS, thanks for asking! The baseball player sculptures by Lisa Reinertson were taken down a few years ago because they needed some conservation work, but they are now installed in front of the West Sacramento City Hall. The sculptures were created for outdoor display, so we don't plan on displaying them inside the Museum in the future. You can see another work by the artist on the first floor of the Museum. It's a clay sculpture called "Wolf Rider, Ophelia's Return."
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Mark
July 27, 2011 | 5:25 PM
Why is it in West Sacramento again? I don't understand that at all. Thanks for taking our sculpture and giving it to another city. What was wrong with Crocker Park or any other place in our town. Midtown has a dearth of public sculptural art. It could have come here.
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