he won the first prize for foreign sculpture. there were other great artists who were either, seems to me, at the tail end of something or were too idiosyncratic to market internationally in the way that moore really seemed to fit with the modern movement across europe and the world. so an agency like the british council, looking to promote british culture and a new view of britain as a great power but coming to terms with the aftermath of the second world war, would listen to these voices telling them that moore is the great artist around at the moment. (narrator) that international stature permitted moore to work on a larger scale, a dream since the early '30s. he could now afford to hire assistants, including anthony caro, who would go on to a successful career of his own, with works like the national gallery ledge piece, installed in 1978. i thought he was the most interesting sculptor around. and really, i went to ask him if i could work with him, work for him, because i'd had too traditional a studentship. a studentship, re

he won the first prize for foreign sculpture. there were other great artists who were either, seems to me, at the tail end of something or were too idiosyncratic to market internationally in the way that moore really seemed to fit with the modern movement across europe and the world. so an agency like the british council, looking to promote british culture and a new view of britain as a great power but coming to terms with the aftermath of the second world war, would listen to these voices telling them that moore is the great artist around at the moment. (narrator) that international stature permitted moore to work on a larger scale, a dream since the early '30s. he could now afford to hire assistants, including anthony caro, who would go on to a successful career of his own, with works like the national gallery ledge piece, installed in 1978. i thought he was the most interesting sculptor around. and really, i went to ask him if i could work with him, work for him, because i'd had too traditional a studentship. a studentship, re

sculptures grandson is now the keeper of the manuscript. for which appears a small excerpt from the manuscript the mother of. the sculpture from a very beautiful woman the woman was a classic example of the legendary russian beauty. of course in the motherland cool's you can see similarities with the famous nike of some of the trace. the original is kept in the loop subsequent so what my grandfather saw her and she might have served as a fine example of a great statue for him but of course this female figure is a generalization if you look at the statue and his wife vera you know well to me they look alike that is because the study because. it's clear that there are similarities when a picture of the sculptor's wife is placed side by side with the statue. chatted to was a man of few words he expressed what he wanted to say with his hands that's why specialists and relatives are not surprised that the word devoted to the most significant period in his life was modeled on his wife. which is your scope of one's future to just said he had so ma

an oversized vertical sculpture began to collapse under its own weight and spread onto the floor.. >> you feel this extended human form underneath the surface of the earth struggling to emerge. eventually, it does. it articulates his idea that the earth is like flesh, and the archaeology and geology in the earth are like the bones, the structure of the earth. this tied in with his idea of mother earth, with the sense that we are all tied to nature and the earth. >> a half dozen bay area museums and private collectors loan the massive sculptures to the museum for its matter and spirit retrospective. but the most unusual contributions came from stephen himself. a wall of autobiographical masks and hence from the early decades of his private study. >> he had one of the most beautiful studios i have ever been in. when you walk in, your first impression is of these monumental figures that you see in the exhibition, but if you went into the back corner of his studio, there was a series of shells with these diminutive figures. he told me, these are the heart of my studio. these little, a

albert moore and others were inspired by ancient greek sculptures and found new uses in modern times. >> many of these paintings are large. when you get close to them, they seem to wrap you in this luscious colors. there's a great sensuality to the paintings, even though there's nothing sexual going on in the pictures. the artists just took delight in luxurious fabrics and colors and beautiful women. >> symphony in white is a life- size portrait of the immense stress of james wisler. it is featured prominently in the exhibition. harmony in gray and green was an of socially judged as a disagreeable presentation of a disagreeable young lady. the first public reaction of this series was so divisive that led to court proceedings. today, they hang in london's tate gallery. walking to the exhibition, you might be distracted by objects that seem to modern war appeared to be at least art deco era. forward thinking victorian artists emerged the economical ambitions of 18th-century cottage's style furniture with the asymmetrical design elements of japanese art that was introduced to london in 1

in the square of sorrow stands a sculpture of a grieving mother. these walls are built from the ruins of stomping ground depicting soldiers as well as the slogan not a single step back. it took several years to find the image for the central monument. road you knew my that was in the motherland calls as a different meaning this is not the statue of liberty of course which implies freedom for the american people are statue is full of energy moral and military spirit the motherland coles is unique there is no such other statue in the world that's the roy. it's possible the sculptor's final design was inspired by the figures on paris's arc de triomphe or the figure of nike that he saw on display in the movie. this statue of a woman with a sword in her hand and a fee a spirit was approved as a symbol of the motherland of the highest level. any of you knew first hand the horrors of. he served as a machine gun at before being wounded and returning to moscow in one nine hundred forty three. when the political for the will go on the also had a tremor in hi

it features a couple of suspended sculptures. each was created out of a series of flat plains run parallel to each other and constructed of steel tubing. >> it is made up of these strata. as the light starts to shift, there is a real sense that there is a dynamism. >> it gives the illusion that this cultures might be fragments of a larger, mysterious mass. >> the environmental artwork livens it with color, light, and the movement. three large woven soldiers are suspended. these are activated by custom air flow program. >> i channeled air flow into each of these forms that makes it move ever so slightly. and it is beating like a heart. if-0 when as of the forces of nature moving around us every second. >> shadow patterns reflect the shapes of the hanging sculptures. the new terminal also features a children's play areas. both of the market the exploratory n.y. -- exploratorium. the offer travelers of all ages a playful oasis. using high quality plywood, they created henches shaped like a bird wings that double as musical instrumen

instead, in europe, the artist couldn't forget the trauma of the war, and each painting, each sculptureis full of scars, is full of pain, is full of blood. it carries on the memory of death. the painting it's how you feel by the french artist fautrier suggests the look of broken flesh, its blemishes and craters. the italian artist fontana literally attacked the clay, ripping its surface open. he used scissors to stab these holes into the canvas. european abstract expressionism was more controlled, more finished. the american art had a different look. i'd say that we had looser surfaces. let's call it that. you felt a freshness and a kind of emphasis. i don't want to say violence. that point's been misused in this connection. franz kline drew inspiration from cubism. willem de kooning did portraits that became highly charged responses to the women who were his models. the abstract expressionists wanted to paint on the same level of quality as the old masters or as, let's say, the best of the school of paris-- picasso, matisse, mondrian. they were striving for excellence. they found they

the sculpture will be able to use the woods as a doctor o bac. these trees growing in the air will be a nice contrast to that. the trees are planted in a series of soil, a technique we used on the 9/11 memorial, and it gives the trees and many more cubic feet of dirt to grow in, and many more cubic feet to distribute water through. redwood's really need water. they are a very fast rate if it gets water, but they are very sturdy. this kind of technology, we hope that this one will also last 90-100 years, maybe more. the other thing i would point out is we are displaying their furniture in two ways. the first it's a series of benches, which i will describe in more detail, which are for use for people that are waiting, and also people that are out in the plaza having a good time. the second part is we have a series of tables and chairs that are spread out throughout the plaza, and you can imagine a coffee shop and that retail. the retail is on both sides. the only part that does not have retail is the park along mission street where the lobbies are.

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after the visit, they were heading to the studio of the sculpture's creator. >>> richmond city council voted 5-2 last night to put a soda tax proposal on the ballot in november. if approveds it would tack on one penny per ounce on sugary drinks sold in the city. the sporters say the goal is to help children. but critics say it will negatively affect businesses and low income people. the proposed soda tax would generate an estimated $2 million to $8 million and that money would be used to support youth sports and nutrition programs. >>> the amgen tour of california bike race began stage four within the past 90 minutes. [ cheers ] >> racers took off around 11:00 a.m. from the gold country town of sonora. peter segen has won the first three stages. today's course close to clovis. it's 130 miles long and that makes it the longest leg of the eight-day race that began last sunday and ends in los angeles this coming sunday. you can see more video and read mor stories at the home page at ktvu.com. >>> the san francisco giants are making a pitch aimed at parents whose children play video games.

the 14th annual, kinetic sculpture race only put on by the visionary art museum.r of communications, senor, how much fun is it, that the race falls on cinco de mayo. >> it will be a tonne of fun for us we are going with a fiesta team as you can see bumpo and fi fi behind me are festive and sporting mexican attire. >> so, for people that are not familiar with this race, give us an overview. >> well, definitely, the race is 15 miles, of human powered vehicles, driving 15 miles throughout the city we go into the water, and go into patterson park, we do the mud course, mud obstacles, sand obstacles, hills, up hills, downhills and -- >> mostly made of recycled bike parts. >> exactly, exactly. the vehicles are all put together, by normal every day people and some are put together by schools and teams. >> i am not sure about normal. >> none of us can really be considered normal. >> but these are all works of art what is the real point of this? >> to have fun and we call it a race but you know it is not really a race holly because the actual -- actually the winner comes i

because there were literally hundreds of fragments of sculpture. what we wanted to find out was what these symbols meant. why were they placed on the buildings ? what could they tell us about the elite lineage that lived in this particular structure ? keach: the pieces of sculpture are delicate. their sizes vary greatly. the team at copan arranges and rearranges them in a giant sandbox. get it centered a little more, because we're getting over to this side. keach: eventually, the pieces form a neat fit. once they're reconstructed, some of them will be returned to the original site. after we fitted these particular pieces back together in the sandbox, then we wanted to try them out on the building itself and see how they worked out. and we had some good structural evidence that they did actually fit here because they actually mated into the spaces left by the original restoration. in the left hand, the figure is carrying an instrument, a conch shell that's been cut in half or sectioned. and in looking at other examples of this kind of an instrument

the sculpture will sit alongside a sculpture of mother teresa. >>> tonight, an unprecedented effort to help america's military men and women return to their families and some semblance of a normal life at home. with combat operations starting to wind down, more than one million veterans will be returning home to their communities. which brings us to a new campaign we here at nbc universal are very proud to be a part of. it takes its name from a military phrase. i've got your 6. >> i've got your 6 is a military term that means i've got your back. the 12:00 is your front, your direction of travel. 3:00 and 9:00 are right and left, and 6:00 is to the rear. >> keep doing what you're doing. i have your back. i'm able to watch the dark spots, the places you can't see. >> through jobs, education, housing, and more, we can support returning military veterans and their families. >> the first step in bridging the civilian/military divide is having each other's 6. changing the conversation in america so the veterans and military families are seen as civic assets and leaders and not as charity cas

in the middle of may, our museum will unveil a large sculpture in the city center. it will be a living grodno -- grotto in the form of the red lotus. come here to celebrate. concelebrate our city during the month of apa month. [applause] >> i am the executive director and president of the asia- pacific fund. we are a community foundation that supports the health and well-being of all asian- americans in the bay area. we're thrilled to be part of this celebration with our annual arts and essay contest. this year's theme was bridges in honor of the 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge. after the ceremony this sunday, we will be sending a traveling exhibit that showcases of the winning entries to 50 different libraries throughout the bay area and giving access to over 1 million library visitors. i hope you will be able to experience the rich content of this voice. it is an important part of this year's celebration on sunday or one of the 50 libraries there will be traveling to in the coming months. thank you. [applause] >> i want to commend claudine for all of he

it was, essentially, as a renewal of the language, the means of painting and sculpture, that cubism waso important. what is usually picked out as anticipating cubism in this painting is, above all, the treatment of the human figure. the figures are stylized, but this is not all. those on the right, especially the crouching nude, seem literally to have been dislocated, pulled apart. one feature is pulled out of alignment with another. this is the result of an attempt by picasso to fuse into his depictions of figures views from varying angles, as if he, the artist, or they, the figures, were in movement as he conceived them. the dislocations of multiple viewpoints, along with another factor-- apparent flattening of space-- were to be characteristic of what later-- around 1908 to 1911--came to be called cubist painting. picasso moved into this kind of painting with georges braque as his ally. the mandolin, painted by braque in 1910, shows just how subtle cubist art can be. it's very different from les demoiselles, quieter, much more difficult to decipher. the eye oscillates between hints o

the sculptures are being made while i am doing the collages, and vice versa. it becomes a part of something else. there's always this figuring out of where things belong or where they could parapets something else. at the end goal is to possibly see one of these collage plans be built out and create a structure that reflects back into the flat work. >> thank you so much for allowing "culturewire" to visit this amazing facility and to learn more about the artists in residence program. is there anything you like our viewers to know? >> we have art exhibitions every four months, and a win by the public to come out. everybody is welcome to come out. we have food. sometimes we have gains and bands. it is great time. from june to september, we accept applications from bay area artists. we encouraged artists from all mediums to apply. we want as many artists from the bay area out here so they can have the same experience. >> how many artists to do your host here? >> 6 artist a year, and we receive about 108 applications. very competitive. >> but everyone should be en

it turned out that he had created a number of just amazing sculptures of trial lawyers. and he went on to do one of clara fults, the first woman attorney in california and became the leader of the public defender movement. and just by happenstance, he called me and had this idea of encapsulating one of the greatest trial attorneys of our times. so, bill? is he here? this is not a magistrate. [laughing] -- not a magic trick. >> i've never met tony serra, so i have to make use of the internet to get a sense of who he was and the imagery. what clearly came over was his passion for justice. and in some cases almost a rage for justice. and initially when i started the imagery with the clay, i tried to show this passion for justice, this rage. but then i had a conversation with jeff about tony serra. and another element came out, his great heart, his deep generosity, and his respect for those he defended. so i've tried to incorporate both of these things in this piece. and i depicted him as i would see him making his plea to the jury on behalf of his client. i hope tony likes

this is a social sculpture that we all made.hese mounds are here because i threw out my garbage in the bronx, and you threw out your garbage in brooklyn, and maybe we made a little bit too much garbage altogether, and look what we did here. we made these mounds. the landfill is scheduled to cease accepting waste in five years. how can we heal this site and return it to the community? the charge to the artist is, how can we do this at the highest level of creativity in the way that is the most responsive to the public? man: somehow we got to meet or hear about mierle and brought her on as the department's artist in residence. and many of us, like myself, that spent a long time, a career out in the street picking up garbage and sweeping streets, we started thinking, "why do we need an artist?" "what we really need is a good mechanic, or somebody that can build trucks." it was the last person we thought we needed. but as i got to know her and the department got to know her, we appreciated bringing an artist into the department. she

. -- foot dip in the sculpture garden does the trick. a test of wills against the heat at the annual parade. bottled water is a fashion accessory. construction workers, the vendors laboring through the high temperatures this holiday. but i did it when it was 120 years ago a couple of years ago. >> the unofficial start of summer right on time. >> i am sweating, it is horrible. >> as this 14-year-olds said, she clearly does not like this weather. this is just the start of it. summer does not officially been -- begin until june 20. >> richard, i think we are in for some long hot days. many more memorial day events are planned through monday. the biggest is the rolling thunder motorcycle ride. it starts at noon tomorrow at the pentagon. memorial day is also been marked at arlington national cemetery. 260,000 flags have been placed on graves there. another big event this weekend is the annual memorial day concert at the capitol. we are light on the west lawn with a sneak peek. >> just a couple of hours before the full dress rehearsal. stars f