The Story
As a sculptor I am grateful to have the opportunity and invitations to take part in the Symposiums , twenty one in total . They have been my training ground as a sculptor . To work and think quick and gain the confidence in working the big and many different stones . The meeting of many fine sculptors and the sharing of the information of stone and it's way in working it . As a self taught sculptor the Symposiums were my ' schooling ' and the adventure in the making of my art and me as a whole .
I feel I have been quite fortunate at the time to be in certain countries when history was in the making that is , when The Berlin Wall collapsed and Communism fell I was in Kazakhstan then part of the U.S.S.R. , when 9/11 happened I was in Incheon City , South Korea and exactly at the time of the Millennium I was in Sahara Desert , I felt a nice place to be at the time when the rest of the world was celebrating and I was in the dark and the quietness , it had the feeling of been detached from the event and yet very much part of it .
My Destiny placed me in these countries not only for me to make my work but to really feel to be part of the world and the making of it's history , I am happy for that , and as I wrote in one of my quotes .....
'' Destiny will find you ''.
The Symposiums
1988 BULGARIA
Burgas
Bulgarian Marble
Sited ; Childrens Street .
Title ; '' Zmya-Zena '' { '' Snake Woman '' }
2.5m Long
1989 KAZAKHSTAN former U.S.S.R.
1st International Symposium in Stone ,
Djhambul City
Local Stone
Sited ; Main Public Park .
Title ; '' The Wall of Bureaucracy ''
8m Long x 1.2m High x 0.4m Wide
1991 Germany
3rd International Symposium in Stone
Mayen
Volcanic Stone
Sited ; Mayen Sculpture Park
Title ; '' A Moderan Day Rider Emerging from the Stone ''
Bike ; 2.4m Long
Road ; 3.80m Long
1993 SARDINIA
5th International Symposium in Stone
Budduso , Comune di Budduso
Granite
Sited ; outside Main Cemetery
Title ; '' The Granite Fruit Tree ''
Tree ; 3m High
Base ; 2m Long
1993 ISRAEL awarded First Prize
2nd International Symposium in Stone
Ma'alot - Tarshiha
Yiftah Marble
Sited ; Main Round-a-bout
Title ; '' The Kings Pillow ''
2.40m Long x 2m High
1994 ITALY
4th International Symposium in Wood
Lama Mocogno , Comune di Lama Mocogno
Cherry Wood , Stone and Water
Sited ; Central Public Park
Title ; '' Cascade ''
3m High
Base ; 4m Long
1994 ITALY
4th International Symposium in Marble
'' The Stone and the Sea ''
Open Air Museum of Contemporary Art
Riccione , Comune di Riccione
Carrara Marble
Sited ; Open Air Museum
Title ; '' Cascade ''
3m High
Base ; 2m Long
1995 SARDINIA
5th International Symposium in Trachite
Fordongianus , Comune di Fordongianus [ OR ]
Trachite Stone
Sited ; Fordongianus
Title ; '' Jazzman Sings ''
2m High x 0.8m 0.8m
1995 ITALY
1st International Symposium in Marble
Gorfigliano , Comune di Gorfigliano-Minucciano [ LU ]
'' Orto di Donna '' Marble
Sited ; Sports Ground
Title ; '' The Robe of Christ ''
{ '' La Toga di Cristo '' }
2m High x 1.30m x 0.60m
Base ; 3m Long x 1.60m High
1997 FRANCE
6th International Symposium in Stone
'' The Landscape of Tomorrow '' { '' Demain le Paysage '' }
Montbrison
Gres Stone
Sited ; Montbrison
Title ; '' A Tree for the Third Millennium ''
2.50m High x 0.50 x 0.50
1997 ITALY
5th International Symposium in Trachite
Caorle , Provincia di Venezia
Trachite Stone
Sited ; The Promenade
Title ; '' Reincarnation of the Boy King ''
2m Long x 1.50m High
1999 FRANCE awarded Honorary Public Prize
7th International in Stone
'' What Sort of Games for the XXI Annual ''
Montbrison
Pierre de Lens Stone
Sited ; Montbrison
Title ; '' Hide and Seek in France ''
{ '' Cache-Cache en France '' }
1.20m High x 0.60m x 0.60m
1999 AFRICA , MAURITANIA
2000 1st International Symposium in Granite
Ben Amira - Isha Monoliths
Granite
Sited ; Ben Amira Monolith , Sahara Desert
Title ; '' Offering ''
2.70m Long x 1.80m High x 1.60m
2000 FRANCE
1st International Symposium in Marble
'' The Sub-Marine World '' { '' Le Monde Sous-Marin '' }
Le Pradet
Romanian Marble
Sited ; Le Pradet
Title ; '' The Sub-Marine World ''
{ '' Le Monde Sous-Marin '' }
2mHigh x 1.60m x 1.60m
2001 ITALY
3rd International Symposium in Black Slate
'' La Pieta Nera ''
Cicagna , Cornia Comune di Moconesi [ GE ]
Fontanabuona Black Slate
Sited ; Cicagna
Title ; '' To be or not to be ''
{ '' Essere o non-Essere '' }
1m High x 0.50m x 0.50m
2001 South KOREA
4th International Symposium in Granite
Inchon City
Granite Black and White
Sited ; Sculpture Park
Title ; '' Custodian to Heaven and Earth ''
3.40m High
Base ; 1.20m Long
2002 INDIA
1st International Symposium in Sandstone
Bhopal City , Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan Sandstone
Sited ; Technology Park , Ayodhya Township
Title ; '' Shristi '' {'' Life in Creation ''}
2m Long x 1.80m High x 0.80m
2002 INDIA West BENGAL
Santiniketan
Kala Bhavan
Faculty of Fine Arts
Visva Bharati University
Invited Guest Artist
Work ; Welded Steel
Sited ; Nandan Art Museum Santiniketan
Titile ; '' Energy for Bengal ''
2.75m x 1.22m x 1.22m
2002 SPAIN
1st International Symposium in Limestone
Almazan , Soria
Piedra de Calatorao Limestone
Sited ; Almazan
Title ; '' The Ghost of El Cid ''
2.70m x 0.50m x 0.50m
2002 ITALY
2nd International Symposium in Marble
'' La Scultura in Rosso ''
Sella Chianzutan , Comune di Verzegnis [ UD ]
Verzegnis Red Marble , Stainless Steel Bar
Sited ; Sella Chianzutan - Verzegnis
Title ; '' Celtic Spirit of the Mountain ''
'' La Spirito Celtico della Montagna ''
1.60m High x 1.50m x 1.90m Long
2.50m S.S.Bar
2003 PERU South America
3rd International Symposium in Granite
Lima , Miraflores
Peruivan Gray Granite
Sited ; City Hall Park , Lima
Title ; '' Divine Plan to Inca ''
1.80m Long x 1.20m x 1.20m
2005 BORNEO Malaysia
2nd International Delphic Games
'' Kayu Batu Sarawak ''
Kuching City , Sarawak
Gray Granite , Belian Wood and Steel
Sited ; Reservoir Park , Kuching City
Title ; '' Reborn - Pyramid of Hope for Borneo ''
3 stones ; Average Height , 1.60m
Belian Wood ; 3.66m High
Steel Pyramid ; 0.61m
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