Sculpture

The thing about putting a pair of 10-foot statues of metal-hewn Transformers outside your townhouse in the most picturesque district of the nation’s capital is that the neighbors are going to have opinions. And on Prospect Street in Georgetown, they were not pleased. The statues — Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, two of the good guys from the long-running “Transformers” movie franchise — appeared in January 2021 outside the white-brick home of Newton Howard, a cognitive scientist and machine-learning expert with ties to the intelligence community. He had ordered them from a factory in Taiwan to the tune of more than $25,000 each. Where large brick planters had once blended in with the local aesthetic, there was now something akin to outsider art by way of an anonymous welder and Hollywood’s reinterpretation of 1980s toys. Plenty of people love the statues, which resemble invaders from the future, in a neighborhood that does its best to hang on to its cobblestone past. Students at … [Read more...] about When the Neighbors Don’t Share Your Vision (and That Vision Involves ‘Transformers’ Statues)

0 Arts & Entertainment Joliet has unveiled 12 sculptured guitars created by several of Joliet's top artists. These guitars will remain on display until Oct. 4. John Ferak , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply JOLIET, IL — On Thursday evening, at least 100 people gathered in downtown Joliet outside the Joliet Junior College's culinary arts building to celebrate the unveiling of Joliet's new sculptured guitars. The new art exhibition features a dozen, 6-foot-tall fiberglass custom-decorated guitars that will be on display throughout downtown Joliet until early October. The Joliet City Center Partnership, Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the city of Joliet collaborated for the interactive street art exhibit called “Ready to Rock.” Each guitar was uniquely painted by professional local and regional artists. “Ready to Rock” was developed by the partnering organizations’ desire to showcase … [Read more...] about ‘Joliet Is Thriving, We’re Ready To Rock’ Campaign Unveiled

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Health & Fitness Chicago Heights and Oak Forest residents are Olympia Fields hospital's latest DAISY Award recipients Franciscan Health , Community Contributor Posted Reply Franciscan Health Olympia Fields recognized registered nurses Maria Theresa Arban, RN, and Marinette De Jesus, RN, as its latest DAISY Award recipients. Both nurses are the first honorees to be presented with a DAISY Award during Franciscan Health Olympia Fields public ceremony relaunch. This national recognition is presented to registered nurses who make exceptional contributions to their hospital’s patients and team members. Arban, a Chicago Heights resident, has been in nursing for 22 years and currently practices in the hospital’s 2300 Orthopedic Unit. De Jesus, who has been in nursing for 23 years and practices in the hospital’s 2900 Observation … [Read more...] about Franciscan Health honors two exceptional nurses

Newly Reviewed Chelsea Joan Brown Through June 17. Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 West 22nd Street, Manhattan; 212-243-0200, matthewmarks.com . You could call the mature style of the great American painter Joan Brown (1938-1990) extra-late Egyptian, with her figures often rendered fully frontal or fully in profile. This formality — along with expanses of startling solid colors — contributes to the hypnotic stillness of her mainly autobiographical works. (Besides painting, her interests included her family, Hinduism, ballroom dancing, serious amateur swimming and Egyptian art.) It’s not always clear what Brown, who appears in six of the paintings here, is thinking about, but the seriousness is undeniable. So it’s not surprising that this show of a dozen paintings, mostly from the 1970s, includes “The Visitor” (1977). It depicts the artist seated with an Egyptian pharaoh at a restaurant. The pharaoh is deep turquoise — the color of Egyptian faience — as is the wall … [Read more...] about What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June

close Video American boatbuilder Andrew Jackson Higgins is 'the man who won' World War II – here’s his victorious story Andrew Jackson Higgins built shallow-draft boats in New Orleans for Delta oilmen and trappers in the 1930s; his military-grade version fueled America’s unstoppable amphibious attacks across the globe in World War II, from Normandy to Iwo Jima. Andrew Jackson Higgins was born and raised 1,000 miles from the ocean, yet forever changed war fought from sea. He designed and manufactured the iconic World War II amphibious landing craft that delivered Allied troops onto hostile beachheads from North Africa to Normandy to Iwo Jima and countless battle zones in between. Higgins "is the man who won the war for us," Dwight D. Eisenhower said in a 1964 interview with historian Stephen Ambrose. It’s astonishing praise from the highest authority. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO EARNED THE MEDAL OF HONOR AND WAS MIA IN KOREA FOR 73 … [Read more...] about Meet the American who ‘won the war for us’: Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans boatbuilder