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B6 - The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e sd a y N o v e m b e r 14, 2001 Sculptures: a reflection of society By Michael Young P resident's D inner & D an ce Featuring M ark B reslin Yi* Yea 's Founder "Putting The Laughter Back M o Business" C om edian, raconteur, TV producer, best-seling author, talk show host; Breslin's done it all, taking notes every step o f the way. A witty c ritic, Breslin's talks will entertain a ud i ences with o ff-b e a t opinions and ca n d id anecdotes. Join us for a fun fille d evening. 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The Woman o f W illendorf, sometimes referred to as The Venus, was probably good magic for fertility purposes. At the same time, a man's form, carved in ivory, was buried in a grave in what is now Brno in the Czech Republic. And animal representations were incised into cave walls in France even before pig ments were used to create the famous Lascaux cave drawings of animals. Sculptures from other ancient cul tures have survived, but only those fash ioned from durable materials such as clay, bronze and stone have lasted to this day. We have been denied the pleasure of similar artifacts of wood or other soft materials because they have rarely weathered the ravages of time. Ancient works record and reflect the history of their times. Most cultures have their own distinct sculptural traditions. Mayan sculpture, for example, is evident in ancient cities in Mexico. Visit the eastern Mediterranean basin and you'll find numerous sculptures from early civi lizations, including Egyptian, Greek, and Roman. West Africa had its Benin craftspeople, Asia its Hindu temples with representations of lovemaking, and China has entombed ceramic armies. Sculpturally rich sites have become a "must-see" for tourists. Sculpture both documents and helps define the culture of these ancient civilizations for us. AK VILLE O C IE T Y RT A forum on art in all its forms Sculpture provides a continuous track of cultural evolution from ancient past to the present. But sculpture is far from dead. Today the traditional methods of fired clay, carved stone, plaster of Paris, wax and cast bronze have been supplemented with steel, aluminum and titanium, fibreglass, wood, latex, cement fondu and a host of other materials. Paper and found objects such as toilet bowls also find their way into contemporary sculp tures. No permanent or transitory mate rial lies beyond the reach of a contem porary sculptor. We see sculptures on buildings, as monuments, in gardens, graveyards and public spaces. Some people enjoy sculptures in their homes. Sculpture cel ebrates and entertains. Who in Oakville has not seen Michael Snow's fibreglass The Audience on the SkyDome facade in Toronto? Terry Fox portrayed in bronze, running, is an example of how sculptured portraits can immortalize. Hockey players on the bench in front of the Hockey Hall of Fame humanize the space. Visitors to Gairloch Gardens puzzle over the abstract shapes or the deer silhouette. Winged angels symbol ize the soaring of the soul of a loved one. Polished granite permanently marks our existence. No review of sculpture's place would be complete without the contri bution it has made in religious practice. The Christian Church throughout the Middle Ages was virtually the sole patron of sculpture in Europe. A sculpt ed Christ on the cross forms a potent image. Mary and Christ together in Michelangelo's work the Pieta of St. Peter's (1449) remains, for many, the greatest sculpture ever created. Muslim sculpture, more geometric than Christian art, seen in the Alhambra Palace at Grenada in Spain, started in the 13th century. Mayan, Hindu, and numerous Greek and Roman gods, with their ritual practices and events, all have their roots in the ritual of spiritual mat ters, and have been preserved through their sculptured representations. At the Oakville Art Society, members are encouraged to use clay, plaster, bronze and stone. Modeling clay is emphasized as a foundation to help stu dents understand and appreciate the joys of sculpting using a variety of media, thereby participating in the rich sculp tural tradition we have all inherited. This column, which appears every second Wednesday, is written by various members o f the Oakville Art Society. 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