Wednesday was a long but fascinating day tracking down sculpture made by Manuel Izquierdo, R’s current “subject” (show coming at the HFMA in 2013). Our first stop was a warehouse where the collection of PNCA is stored. Included in their collection are some small clay sculptures recently donated to PNCA by Manuel’s estate. The nice […]
Tag: Portland sculpture
“Leland #1,” Lee Kelly/Bonnie Bronson
As “Capital Taps” pointed out in the comments of the last post, the Izquierdo sculpture sits in the middle of Lawrence Halprin’s fountain corridor in Portland. Beginning at the north is the Forecourt Fountain (or the Ira Keller Fountain) with Pettygrove Park next (location of the Izquierdo sculpture) and then the Lovejoy Fountain. Here is […]
Manuel Izquierdo, “The Dreamer”
This fall Roger has begun to prepare to write a book on sculptor Manuel Izquierdo, and to curate the show of Izquierdo’s work, which opens at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in January of 2013. There will be many trips, conversations, interviews, library hours…ahead this winter and spring as the event and the document […]
