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Walking to the Sky by Jonathan Borofsky
An amazing work of art that I found on the very, very good Art Daily, the first daily art newspaper on the Internet. It is walking to the Sky by Jonathan Borofsky (got to visit webpage!) and it has been acquired by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.
Text found on the Center's incredible website:
Walking to the Sky, a new monumental sculpture by American artist Jonathan Borofsky, will be on view in the garden at the Nasher Sculpture Center for a year beginning March 23, 2005. The sculpture continues Jonathan Borofsky’s ongoing exploration of human ideals, dream life, and fantasy. It was originally inspired by a story Borofsky’s father told him as a child about a friendly giant who lived in the sky. During each tale, father and son would imagine walking to the sky and visiting with the giant, discussing what should be done to help everyone on earth. Soaring 100 feet into the air at a 75-degree angle, Walking to the Sky is one of the artist’s largest and most ambitious works to date. The sculpture features seven life-size figures walking briskly up a stainless steel pole toward the sky, and three more on the ground watching their ascent. Made of painted fiberglass, the figures in the sculpture are of different races, ages, and genders and seem to be defying gravity, ascending to new heights under their own power. According to Borofsky, the sculpture as a compelling tribute to the power of our aspirations and the resilience of the human spirit: “It is all of humanity rising upwards from the earth to the heavens above – striving into the future with strength and determination…. [U]ltimately this sculpture is a symbol of our collective search for wisdom and awakened consciousness.”