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At
94, architect Oscar Niemeyer is more prolific than ever. He has given Brazil--and
much of the world--a look, a style and a hero. More
An ornamental-concrete
competition has recognized a pair of polar bears sitting in a fountain as the
best original garden statue introduced in 2000. The "Polar Playground"
sculpture was designed by Debby Adams of Jacksonville, Texas. As water trickles
down around them, two bears gaze up to humans looking down at them. "The
artist has given us an artificial environment," said one judge of the annual
competition, "but at the same time, you believe in the little bears inside."
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This book chronicles the
life and art of Canadian artist Victor Cicansky through a wealth of color photographs,
and descriptions of his studio and creative methods. It considers aspects of Cicansky's
life that have most influenced his art including his childhood as the son of poor
Romanian immigrants and his pivotal years at the University of California, Davis.
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AFTER 30-SOME YEARS AT the drawing board,
political cartoonist and illustrator R. David Boyd could feel his passion for
the trade fading faster than the ink on his early drawings. “I'd had it,” he says.
“Just burned out.” More
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Skyline Sculptor