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    • ara225
  • By ara225 on April 18, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
    by ara225
    The Nasher Sculpture Center has various works from world-renowed artists such as Picasso, Miro, Liechtenstein & Rodin. The facility itself is not very large, but well worth the visit. The garden has most of the sculptures, strategically placed among beautiful landscaping & fountains and it is even more dramatic in it's location against the Dallas skyline (see pic on Intro Dallas page). We were lucky to see this on a beautiful day; it's serene beauty makes it an exhibit not to be missed!

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  • Phone: 214-242-5100
  • Directions: In the Dallas Arts District Downtown
  • Website: Check out www.NasherSculptureCenter.org
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    Nasher Sculpture Center: The Nasher Sculpture Center
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    • VeronicaG
  • Updated By VeronicaG on July 3, 2007
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    • Sculpture by Henri Matisse - Dallas
    Sculpture by Henri
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    by VeronicaG
    The Dallas Museum of Art and The Nasher Sculpture Center combined facilities to present an exhibit on Henri Matisse recently. We spent a wonderful afternoon enjoying the artwork of this well known French artist (1869-1954).

    The Nasher Sculpture Center was built on the collections of Patsy and Ray Nasher, who began to collect pre-colombian art from ancient Latin America in the 1950's and modern sculptures in the mid-1960's.

    As we continued with our viewing of the Matisse exhibit, we entered spacious galleries with huge windows overlooking the beautiful landscaped grounds and lovely sculpture garden.

    Nasher's dream was 'to create an outdoor 'roofless' museum to serve as a peaceful retreat for reflection of art and nature and as a home for his 20th century sculpture'. A sculpture garden can be visited, which is located outdoors at the rear of the museum. Also, chamber music concerts are scheduled each month.

    A few of the artists/sculptors represented are:

    Alberto Giacometti
    Paul Gauguin
    Mex Ernst
    Edgar Degas
    Henri Matisse
    Joan Miro
    Pablo Picasso
    August Rodin

    Hours are Tuesday-Wednesday 11am-5pm; Thursday 11am- FREE 6pm-11pm; Friday-Sunday 11am-5pm, closed on Mondays, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year.

    Admission is $10 for adults; $7 for seniors age 65 and up; $5 for students; under 12 free.

  • Phone: (214) 242-5100
  • Directions: In the Dallas Arts District Downtown
  • Website: http://www.NasherSculptureCenter.org
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    Nasher Sculpture Center: My Curves Are Not Mad
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  • By keeweechic on March 8, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
    by keeweechic
    An interesting title by Richard Serra in 1987. This piece is a huge item on display in the garden and looks like a long rustic steel tunnel. Each plate is 44ft long, 14 ft tall and weighs over 50,000 lbs. When you walk through between the plates, you tend to get an unsettling feeling which comes about from the lean of the curves which slice out unforeseen shifts in volume and depth.

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    Nasher Sculpture Center: Eve
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  • Updated By keeweechic on March 8, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
    by keeweechic
    Conceived in 1881 by Auguste Rodin and cast before 1932 in bronze. Rodin once commented that 'one forgets too often that the human body is an architecture - a living architecture'. Smoothness and roughness are created in just the right places. Rodin drew inspiration for this piece from Michelangelo's Eve in the Sistine Chapel frescoes.

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    Nasher Sculpture Center: Moonbird
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  • By keeweechic on March 7, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
    by keeweechic
    I loved this piece, it was cute and right outside the main building. I was originally designed by Joan Miro 1944-46 and enlarged in 1966-67. The artists engages in surrealism and the exploration of dreams, memory and the subconscious. The piece suggests many forms, from bird to animal with the horns of a bull on the head, to even a pagan fertility idol. Its well rounded and made of bronze.

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    Nasher Sculpture Center: The Gossiper II
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    • keeweechic
  • Updated By keeweechic on March 9, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
    by keeweechic
    Kind of a fun looking piece but a little grotesque as well. Jean Debuffet's idea evolved from his Houloupe series which developed in the 1960's with its bold colour and broad wavy lines. It was initially carved out of Styrofoam and only 5ft tall but this version was made using epoxy resin and enlarged quite a bit.

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    Nasher Sculpture Center: Indoor and Outdoor exhibits
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  • By keeweechic on March 7, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
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    There are three central pavilions on the main floor for displays taking up 10,000 sq ft of space. At the time I visit, there was a Picaso display being exhibited in one of the galleries. There is also a café and a shop on this level. The glass doors at the back take you out into the garden.

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    Nasher Sculpture Center: Rush Hour
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  • Updated By keeweechic on March 8, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
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    This bronze sculpture designed by George Segal, comes from a scene in everyday life where people are busy and rushing in a mindless fashion in their daily routines. The six figures resonates Rodin's famous sculpture 'The Burghers of Calais' which is a monument to the French noblemen who sacrificed themselves to British invaders in 1347 so that the rest of the town might be protected.

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    Nasher Sculpture Center: Three Bollards
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  • By keeweechic on March 8, 2004
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    • Nasher Sculpture Center - Dallas
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    This piece was designed by Alexander Calder of painted steel in 1970. Calder was trained as an engineer and has an interest in technological processes of constructions. The arrangement of these pieces sort of suggests a large animal as you walk around it. The name comes from the three knobby protrusions at the top which resemble post for typing up boats at a jetty.

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    Nasher Sculpture Center: Constructed Head No. 2
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  • By keeweechic on March 8, 2004
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    This sculpture of stainless steel was originally designed by Naum Gabo who pioneered the revolutionary approach to sculpture in the 1910's as part of the Russian Constructivist movement. The first two versions of this work were made in cardboard and galvanised iron back in 1916 and much smaller. This version was created by Gabo late in his life, around 1975 and enlarged. Out of 4 large scale versions he created, this was the only one in Stainless Steel.

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