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Lee and Karen Duquette
enjoyed the search for Art and Sculptures
in Newport News, Virginia
October 12, 2024
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About Thirty-Six pieces of
public art were on display throughout Newport News, Virginia on this
date. They ranged from somber memorials and tributes to local heroes
and more. Lee and Karen Duquette found many of them, but not all of
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Below: "Man and Crocodile"
by Girolamo Ciulla |
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Statue #1, shown
both above and below, is made of marble. It pairs a human figure with
a crocodile which is closely associated with a myth that symbolizes
interconnections of people and mythology. In the ancient world, crocodiles
were revered and were a symbol of strength and power. |
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Below: Statue 2 is located
at 255B off I-65. "Healing Christ" by Timothy Duffield,
was placed on the property of Bon Sceours May Immaculate Hospital in
the early 1990's. It serves as a reminder of the hospital's ministry
to the community. It is 14-feet high, 7-feet wide and weighs more than
1,000 pounds. |
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Below: Statue #3 - "Izar"
by Bruce White is located at the entrance to a modern airport. It appears
differently in different lighting situations at various times of the
day and night. |
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Below: Statue #4 was located
along Chatham Trail, exit 255B off I-64. It also gave Lee and Karen
Duquette time to enjoy a stroll in the small park. |
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La Launa means "moon"
in Italian, yet this work does NOT represent the moon. It is a feminine
presence that seems timeless. La Launa's eyes are closed, but her face
is turned upward. The expression on her face is peaceful, while the
work itself is slightly mysterious. |
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Below: Art work #5 is located located at
exit 256A off I-64, in the median in the middle of a street, so Lee
Duquette drove into the entrance of Peninsula Memorial Park, while Karen
Duquette walked back to the street area to photograph the artwork. |
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Below: Sculpture #5 - "Time"
by Lee Tribe. Sweeping arcs interrupted by busy intervals and a shape
with no beginning and no end, gives a tangible shape to the intangibility
of time. |
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Below: Artwork #6 - "Spring
Breeze" is by Rodney Carroll. This abstract sculpture draws
on flight, dance, music and architect while focusing on how people move
through space. Bending parallel planes pass each other, pushing and
pulling the surrounding spaces, reflecting human internal and external
relationships. |
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Below: Artwork #7 titled "Natural" by Masaru
Bando, is located off exit 245A off I-64. It represents the power
of nature as it intertwines with the essence of humanity via a part-human
and part-horse statue. The horse aspect is strong and powerful while
the human aspect is emotional and sensible.
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NOTE: Lee and Karen Duquette did not find
art piece #8, #9 or #10. |
Below: Art piece #11 was located off exit 258A off I-64, at the
corner of Canon and City Center Boulevard. It is titled "Hammer
Tribute" by Jim Benedict. However, Karen Duquette did not
notice any sign near it. It is a tribute to hardworking people. Photos
were taken from each side of the art piece.
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Below: Art piece #12 was located
off exit 258A of I-64. It is titled "Handshake" by
Gunther Stilling. It is two hands coming together in the traditional
signal of an agreement reached. It was in the middle of a traffic circle. |
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Below: Art #13 was off exit 258A of I-64 and is titled "Reinvented"
by Rob Lorenson. It was on a busy corner in an industrial and commercial
park. It has a manufactured look like the industrial forms that originally
influenced it. Karen Duquette did not see any sign near this sculpture.
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Below: Art #14 was off exit
258A of I-64. It is titled "Memory of Green" by Masaru
Bando. It represents his view as a child of springtime 's green after
a long, cold winter which gave him a strong, secure feeling of being
harbored by strong arms of warmth and generosity and mercy. |
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Note: Statue #15 - "The Winner"
was not found on this date |
Below: The search for more
statues and sculptures, brought Lee and Karen Duquette into Deer Park
in the City of Newport News. |
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Below #16: Three wildlife sculptures, titled "Landings,
Alert Great Blue Herons and Spinning Wind" by David H. Turner.
It evokes elegance, agility and the sheer force of nature and the
remarkable qualities of deer. It is hard to see both of the deer in
the first photo below, so of course, Karen Duquette took individual
photos of each deer.
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Below: Statue #17 was located off I-64,
exit 6 toward 26th Street. It is Captain Christopher Newport
by Jon Hair. Captain Newport was the English commander of the three
ships that carried settlers to Jamestown and the Virginia colony in
1607. The City of Newport News and the university located near the sculpture
are named for him. |
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Note: Statue #18 -was not found on this
date |
Below: Art Piece #19 - "Elements"
by Omger Sannes |
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Below: Art work #20 was in Causey's Mill
Park.- "Spirit of Life" by Helaine Blumfield. Some
people think this is an angel with its wing spread open, or a tree of
life. But this sculpture is about the healing power of beauty, of hope
and of creation and "the Spirit of Life". |
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Below: Statue #21 - Leifr Eiriksson, Son
of Ireland (reproduction) by Alexander Stirling Calder. The original
of this is in Ireland, a gift from the United States in 1930, in honor
of the 100th anniversary of the Icelandic parliament. |
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Note: Statues #22, through 26 was not found
on this date. |
Below: Sculpture #27 was near
the Main Street Library -"Carambola" by Emanuele
De Reggi. This is about balance. A sphere can move 360 degrees and can
represent the experience of constant change in life. Being ready for
the fall, and therefore the moment of balance is in the end, the moment
of awareness. |
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Below: Monument #28 - "Monument
to Service" by Gregory Henry honors all who serve past, present
and future. The work is oriented to the Police Headquarters. |
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Below: Memorial #29 by Bob
Holland - "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" hopes to help
heal America's wounds from the war and honors those who served. The
flame symbolizes hope for the return of the missing and a wish for peace
for those who died. |
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Below: Sculpture #30 - "DUE"
by Massaru Bando. This bronze sculpture of a couple in a lasting embrace
is located in the Rose Garden at Huntington Park. |
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Below: the view from each
side of the statue in Rose Garden |
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Monuments / Sculptures # 31 - 33 were not
found on this date. |
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