BEIJING OLYMPIC SCULPTURE NEWS

Los Angeles to New York: 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculptures Stopover In Sacramento

beijingolympicsculpture — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:18:26 +0000

(SACRAMENTO , September 11) - Sacramento will play host to the Award Winners of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Competition when the International Tour opens at the Convention Center October 9, 2008. Inspired by the sculptures of ancient Athens, the Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition brings images of the Olympic Movement to the world, visiting cities from the five continents. Each sculpture also reflects the essence and the universal values of the Olympic spirit – unity, friendship, progress, harmony, participation and dreams. After a nation-wide tour beginning on Olympic Day – 23 June – this year in Beijing, the exhibition started its international kick-off in London, host city of the next edition of summer Olympic Games in 2012, then traveling to cities that have already hosted the Games, such as Athens, Seoul, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Barcelona, Rome and Sydney, passing through other cities like New York, Los Angeles, Wellington, and the Olympic Capital, Lausanne, with a stay in the Olympic Museum. On display in Sacramento will be approximately half of the 110 sculptures that comprise the International Tour of Finalists in contention for 29 gold, silver and bronze medals to be awarded in Beijing for the 29^th Olympiad. In China the winning artists will oversee enlargement of their works to monumental size for display throughout Olympic venues.Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo will head the host committee that will welcome Beijing Olympic Games delegates and dignitaries, local officials, Olympic athletes and sponsors to the opening ceremonies and activities related to this prestigious event.Other honored guests will include the three American finalists featured in the International Tour of Award Winners, Edward Eyth, Carole Turner, and the team of Asherah Cinnamon/ Scott Fuller.This International Tour is the culmination of a vast program organized by the Beijing games Organizing Committee. The first stage of the project was to collect designs for “landscape sculptures” from around the globe. With the participation of 90 countries, 290 designs from the five continents were selected by a panel of 17 international judges from a total of 2,433. The short-listed works were identified, then reproduced in triplicate in the appropriate materials (bronze, stainless steel, aluminum, etc.), to allow for several exhibitions simultaneously in China and abroad.Among the 290 short-listed designs were 10 Americans: Edward Eyth, Carole Turner, Asherah Cinnamon/Scott Fuller, along with Mark & Diane Weisbeck, Robert LaRocca, Shray, Wanxin Zhang, Kirovsolomon Kiril Vanessa, Orlay Gutierrez, and Shi-Jia Chen.

The Sacramento Convention Center Opening Ceremonies will take place October 9 at 5 p.m.

It is planned that a number of the sculptures from the Convention Center will be moved to the Art Foundry Gallery after October 11 for events there, including a private sponsor reception to take place October 12. Shray will have a sculpture on display at this location and at related Art Foundry events.

All events in Sacramento are scheduled to conclude October 22, 2007.

The Sacramento Convention Center is located at 1400 “J” Street. Hours are 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. This is a free event.

The Art Foundry Gallery is located at 1021 “R” Street, Sacramento. Hours vary.

Olympic Sculpture Medalists Announced in Beijing

beijingolympicsculpture — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:52:56 +0000

(BEIJING, May 31) - The gala Awards Ceremony was held 31 May in Beijing to honor the winners of the 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Design Contest. International guests and dignitaries watched as gold medals were awarded to

Tian Ziang, Wen Zenghu, Tian Ziyang, CHINA, for “Eternal Flame”

Meng Dewu, CHINA, for “Making Concerted Effort”

Ye Zongming, CHINA, for “Platform Diving”

Antonis Myrodias, GREECE, for “Visioning 5 Nikes”

Zurab Tsereteli, RUSSIA, for “Colossus the Olympic”

Sculptor Ye Zhongming, who comes from earthquake-affected Sichuan, made a moving acceptance speech. He described sculpture as the concentration of beaty and love, and stated that the most beautiful sculptures are in people’s hearts. “Those who are sacrificing their lives at the epicenter of the earthquake and those who risked their lives to bring the Olympic flame to the top of Mount Qomolangma are beautiful in our hearts,” he said.

For photos and more about the ceremonies and awards, please visit this link of the website of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games:

http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/dynamics/headlines/n214387234.shtml

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela

beijingolympicsculpture — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:10:03 +0000

Directory of ARTISTS (& Artist websites)

of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition

as listed in “OLYMPIC SCULPTURE, Catalogue of Works”

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES * VENEZUELA*

Finalists from UNITED KINGDOM:

ALAN WATERS http://www.alanwaters.artroof.com

Finalists from UNITED STATES:

EDWARD EYTH http://www.edwardeyth.com

CAROLE TURNER http://turnerstudio.com

ASHERAH CINNAMON http://www.asherahcinnamon.com

& SCOTT FULLER http://www.sjcme.edu/academics/fuller/htm

Finalists from VENEZUELA:

ELEONORA TUGUES

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey

beijingolympicsculpture — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:09:13 +0000

Directory of ARTISTS (& Artist websites)

of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition

as listed in “OLYMPIC SCULPTURE, Catalogue of Works”

SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN * SWITZERLAND * THAILAND * TURKEY*

Finalists from SOUTH AFRICA:

WILMA CRUISE
& GAVIN YOUNGE

Finalists from SPAIN:

ALBERTO UDAETA

ALFREDO LANZ RODRIGUEZ

Finalists from SWITZERLAND:

RALF GSCHWEND http://www.ralfonso.com

Finalists from THAILAND:

PISIT HUTTAONFIJIT

Finalists from TURKEY:

G.S.DEMIROK KAYAPINAR AYHAN http://www.members.tripod.com/ayhan.kayapinar

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia and Slovenia

beijingolympicsculpture — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:08:20 +0000

Directory of ARTISTS (& Artist websites)

of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition

as listed in “OLYMPIC SCULPTURE, Catalogue of Works”

RUSSIA SERBIA * SINGAPORE * SLOVAKIA * SLOVENIA*

Finalists from RUSSIA:

TATIANA ANTOSHINA http://www.galerija-ms.si/galerija_trienale/html/antosina_eng.html

ZURAB TSERETELI http://www.tsereteli.ru/eng/index.php

ALEXANDR IVANOV http://www.sculpstudio.ru/iv.htm

Finalists from SERBIA:

VESNA STOJILIKOVIC PSNTELIC

Finalists from SINGAPORE:

SAIPOR HAN

XINGHAI TANG

Finalists from SLOVAKIA:

ZOZULAK RICHARD POKORNY MARTIN

Finalists from SLOVENIA:

METOD FRLIC

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Mexico, Netherlands and Puerto Rico

beijingolympicsculpture — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:07:31 +0000

Directory of ARTISTS (& Artist websites)

of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition

as listed in “OLYMPIC SCULPTURE, Catalogue of Works”

MEXICO NETHERLANDS * PUERTO RICO*

Finalists from MEXICO:

YVONNE DOMENGE

Finalists from NETHERLANDS:

ANS HEY http://www.anshey.nl

HENK VISCH http://www.henkvisch.nl/

Finalists from PUERTO RICO:

CELIA RODRIGUEZ

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Israel, Italy, South Korea and Malaysia

beijingolympicsculpture — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:06:55 +0000

Directory of ARTISTS (& Artist websites)

of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition

as listed in “OLYMPIC SCULPTURE, Catalogue of Works”

ISRAEL ITALY * SOUTH KOREA * MALAYSIA*

Finalists from ISRAEL:

YURI MATSKIN GIDON CRAETZ YVES ANANE

Finalists from ITALY:

DIECI FABRIZIO http://www.scultura.org/visualizza/scultore/282.html

SIMONA DE LORENZO http://www.scultura.org/visualizza/scultore/236.html

Finalists from SOUTH KOREA:

HAN NA YONG

Finalists from MALAYSIA:

RAMLAN ABDULLAH

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Greece, Iceland, Iran and Iraq

beijingolympicsculpture — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:05:54 +0000

Directory of ARTISTS (& Artist websites)

of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition

as listed in “OLYMPIC SCULPTURE, Catalogue of Works”

GREECE ICELAND * IRAN * IRAQ*

Finalists from GREECE:

AGGELIKA KOROVESSI http://www.aggelika.gr/en/

ANTONIS MYRODIAS http://antonismyrodias.com/

BATHIANAKI CHRYSSA

Finalists from ICELAND:

GERDUR GUNNARSDOTTIR

Finalists from IRAN:

JAMSHID MORADIAN

Finalists from IRAQ:

HAITHAM HASSAN

Beijing Olympic Sculpture Exhibition Visits Atlanta

beijingolympicsculpture — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:40:12 +0000

Beijing Olympic Sculpture
Exhibition Visits Atlanta

Trevor Williams – Reporter
Atlanta – 01.11.08

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This sculpture, titled “Olympic Flame,” was crafted by artists in China’s Jilin province and chosen as one of nearly 300 winners from a pool of more than 2,400 entries. View the full gallery of photos here on Web a site hosted by China.org.

A traveling exhibition of 110 individually designed landscape sculptures promoting the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games will make its first stop of the new year at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park.

An opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture International Tour is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday to kick off the exhibition’s 10-day stay in Georgia from Jan. 11-20.

When the exhibition made its first U.S. showing last month in Washington, Zhou Wenzhong, China’s ambassador to the U.S., hailed it as a symbol of the cultural understanding fostered by the games.

“I hope that this tour exhibition can serve as a medium that brings American and Chinese people closer together on promoting the optimistic, positive and healthy spirit of the Olympic Games,” Mr. Zhou said in a press release.

Qiao Hong, China’s consul general in Houston, is expected to make another trip to Atlanta to speak at the event, and city and state officials will be on hand to help spark the latest in a series of Olympic ties with Beijing.

As the host city for the 1996 summer Olympic Games, Atlanta has been one of many cities advising Beijing in its preparation for the Olympics, particularly with regard to security and operating efficiency in the airport.

This year’s Olympics, through which many believe China aims to declare its validity as a world superpower, have planted the Asian nation firmly in the international spotlight. The entries in the sculpture exhibition underwent comparable international scrutiny on their way to Atlanta.

The design contest began Aug. 8, 2005, three years to the day before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games. More than 2,400 designs were submitted from artists representing 90 countries, and 290 were chosen by a panel of 17 experts from Austria, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, the U.S. and other countries.

After a June 2007 unveiling in the Chinese capital, the nearly 300 exhibits visited cities throughout China.

Before the international tour began, the list of traveling sculptures was whittled to 110, and two replicas of each were made so that the three sets could make simultaneous exhibitions in cities across the globe.

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OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Finland, France, Georgia and Germany

beijingolympicsculpture — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:04:24 +0000

Directory of ARTISTS (& Artist websites)

of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculpture Exhibition

as listed in “OLYMPIC SCULPTURE, Catalogue of Works”

BEIJING OLYMPIC SCULPTURE NEWS

Los Angeles to New York: 2008 Beijing Olympic Landscape Sculptures Stopover In Sacramento

Olympic Sculpture Medalists Announced in Beijing

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela

UNITED KINGDOM * UNITED STATES * VENEZUELA

Finalists from UNITED KINGDOM:

ALAN WATERS http://www.alanwaters.artroof.com

Finalists from UNITED STATES:

EDWARD EYTH http://www.edwardeyth.com

CAROLE TURNER http://turnerstudio.com

ASHERAH CINNAMON http://www.asherahcinnamon.com

& SCOTT FULLER http://www.sjcme.edu/academics/fuller/htm Finalists from VENEZUELA:

Finalists from VENEZUELA:

ELEONORA TUGUES

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey

SOUTH AFRICA * SPAIN * SWITZERLAND * THAILAND * TURKEY

Finalists from SOUTH AFRICA:

WILMA CRUISE & GAVIN YOUNGE

Finalists from SPAIN: ALBERTO UDAETA ALFREDO LANZ RODRIGUEZ

ALBERTO UDAETA ALFREDO LANZ RODRIGUEZ

Finalists from SWITZERLAND:

RALF GSCHWEND http://www.ralfonso.com

Finalists from THAILAND:

PISIT HUTTAONFIJIT

Finalists from TURKEY:

G.S.DEMIROK KAYAPINAR AYHAN http://www.members.tripod.com/ayhan.kayapinar

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia and Slovenia

RUSSIA * SERBIA * SINGAPORE * SLOVAKIA * SLOVENIA

Finalists from RUSSIA:

TATIANA ANTOSHINA http://www.galerija-ms.si/galerija_trienale/html/antosina_eng.html

ZURAB TSERETELI http://www.tsereteli.ru/eng/index.php

ALEXANDR IVANOV http://www.sculpstudio.ru/iv.htm

Finalists from SERBIA:

VESNA STOJILIKOVIC PSNTELIC

Finalists from SINGAPORE:

SAIPOR HAN XINGHAI TANG Finalists from SLOVAKIA:

XINGHAI TANG Finalists from SLOVAKIA:

ZOZULAK RICHARD POKORNY MARTIN Finalists from SLOVENIA: METOD FRLIC

METOD FRLIC

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Mexico, Netherlands and Puerto Rico

MEXICO * NETHERLANDS * PUERTO RICO

Finalists from MEXICO:

YVONNE DOMENGE Finalists from NETHERLANDS:

ANS HEY http://www.anshey.nl

HENK VISCH http://www.henkvisch.nl/

Finalists from PUERTO RICO:

CELIA RODRIGUEZ

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Israel, Italy, South Korea and Malaysia

ISRAEL * ITALY * SOUTH KOREA * MALAYSIA

Finalists from ISRAEL:

YURI MATSKIN GIDON CRAETZ YVES ANANE

Finalists from ITALY:

DIECI FABRIZIO http://www.scultura.org/visualizza/scultore/282.html SIMONA DE LORENZO http://www.scultura.org/visualizza/scultore/236.html Finalists from SOUTH KOREA:

HAN NA YONG

Finalists from MALAYSIA:

RAMLAN ABDULLAH

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Greece, Iceland, Iran and Iraq

GREECE * ICELAND * IRAN * IRAQ

Finalists from GREECE:

AGGELIKA KOROVESSI http://www.aggelika.gr/en/ ANTONIS MYRODIAS http://antonismyrodias.com/ BATHIANAKI CHRYSSA

Finalists from ICELAND:

GERDUR GUNNARSDOTTIR

Finalists from IRAN:

JAMSHID MORADIAN

Finalists from IRAQ:

HAITHAM HASSAN

Beijing Olympic Sculpture Exhibition Visits Atlanta

OLYMPIC ARTISTS of Finland, France, Georgia and Germany

FINLAND * FRANCE * GEORGIA * GERMANY

Finalists from FINLAND:

PETRI KIVINIEMI http://www.saunalahti.fi/pkivin3

Finalists from FRANCE:

JOEL STRILL http://www.strill.fr/accueil_uk.htm

AGNES BOGAERT http://agnes.bogaert.free.fr/

ALINE GIBERTIE http://artaline.monsite.orange.fr

Finalists from GOERGIA:

ALEKSANDRE GELASHVILI

Finalists from GERMANY: CHRISTOPH TRAUB http://christoph-traub.de/index.html

CHRISTOPH TRAUB http://christoph-traub.de/index.html

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES * VENEZUELA*

& SCOTT FULLER http://www.sjcme.edu/academics/fuller/htm

Finalists from VENEZUELA:

SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN * SWITZERLAND * THAILAND * TURKEY*

WILMA CRUISE
& GAVIN YOUNGE

Finalists from SPAIN:

ALBERTO UDAETA

ALFREDO LANZ RODRIGUEZ

ALBERTO UDAETA

ALFREDO LANZ RODRIGUEZ

RUSSIA SERBIA * SINGAPORE * SLOVAKIA * SLOVENIA*

SAIPOR HAN

XINGHAI TANG

Finalists from SLOVAKIA:

XINGHAI TANG

Finalists from SLOVAKIA:

ZOZULAK RICHARD POKORNY MARTIN

Finalists from SLOVENIA:

METOD FRLIC

MEXICO NETHERLANDS * PUERTO RICO*

YVONNE DOMENGE

Finalists from NETHERLANDS:

ISRAEL ITALY * SOUTH KOREA * MALAYSIA*

DIECI FABRIZIO http://www.scultura.org/visualizza/scultore/282.html

SIMONA DE LORENZO http://www.scultura.org/visualizza/scultore/236.html

Finalists from SOUTH KOREA:

GREECE ICELAND * IRAN * IRAQ*

AGGELIKA KOROVESSI http://www.aggelika.gr/en/

ANTONIS MYRODIAS http://antonismyrodias.com/

BATHIANAKI CHRYSSA

FINLAND FRANCE * GEORGIA * GERMANY*

Finalists from GERMANY:

CHRISTOPH TRAUB http://christoph-traub.de/index.html