NEW YORK CITY: SCULPTURAL BEAUTY

Published on October 5, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel5 Comments

“JEAN-MARC, 2012” (A Portrait of the artist Jean-Marc Bustamante) by Xavier Veilhan

Venus de Milo sculptures by Jim Dine on 6th Avenue

Cuban patriot and author Jose Marti. Sculptor: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington. Location: Central Park South at Avenue of the Americas. Dedicated to the park in May 1965.

World War 1, 107th Infantry Honored in Central Park.

**William Tecumseh Sherman**, also known as the **Sherman Memorial** or **Sherman Monument**, is an outdoor sculpture of William Tecumseh Sherman by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, located at Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York. Cast in 1902 and dedicated on May 30, 1903, the gilded-bronze monument consists of an equestrian statue and an allegorical female figure, *Victory.* Sherman was a bright military mind who served as a general in the Union Army. Saint-Gardens was an American sculptor (born in Dublin, Ireland) who gained notoriety for his sculptures of the Civil War. Victory is the Greek goddess Nike.

September 2017

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: FREE

Published on September 11, 2017 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

“Seamstress/Sewing Love” by artist crew Neopaint. A tribute to typical Hungarian life. Address: Akácfa utca 41

My favorite word/concept in the entire universe. You can have your love. You can have your money. I need my freedom. Feeling it more acutely now than ever before. With what is happening in my country now and with what is happening all over the world in general, and with what has happened throughout history… The idea that human beings can be chained, controlled, devalued, abused … I am finally recognizing the cruel absurdity of it all. The deeper I go, the freer I become. The more objects/thoughts I release, the more of a minimalist I become. I own very few things and I hold on to very little of my past. Freedom. Everyone should be FREE.

My eyes see so much beauty in decay. This image has so much in it. Entrapment. A bit of an opening for a view. Tags from people who want to be seen by anyone and who want to live forever. Other tags/pieces worn away by Mother Nature and inevitable wear and tear of a building that once stood strong and had lots of life within it. Those were the days. And they aren’t coming back. So, let’s look at this as being new in its own way and see in it the beauty that it now possesses.

9sep17 Budapest, Hungary.

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA: MY OWN CONFUSION

Published on August 24, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

“I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.” ~ Jack Kerouac

20aug17 Bucharest, Romania

NEW YORK CITY STREET ART: MORPHOUS by LIONEL SMIT

Published on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel1 Comment

This two-faced goddess by South African artist Lionel Smit, is located at Union Square in New York City.

5apr17. NYC.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE: FOLLOWED BY RECONSTRUCTIONS

Published on October 18, 2015 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

17oct15. Toulouse, France.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE: LOVE BEAUTY, SEE LIGHT

Published on October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

“To love beauty is to see light.”
― Victor Hugo

16oct15. Toulouse, France.

PARIS, FRANCE: (LOUVRE) APHRODITE, known as VENUS DE MILO

Published on December 27, 2014October 12, 2020 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

24dec14. Paris, France.

JEITA, LEBANON: THE GROTTO

Published on July 26, 2013September 13, 2020 by jacquelinemhadel4 Comments

Below is “Moulin de Temps.” Sculpture de Rudy Rahme:

Below is “The Guard of Time” de Tony Farrah:

I went to Jeita today and explored the grotto, the undergound cave system. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures! But, here are some images from Jeita around the grotto. Jeita essentially means “roar” or “noise.” Most of the people who live here are followers of the Maronite Church.

26JUL13. Jeita, Lebanon.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA STREET ART / SCULPTURE: “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” by SEWARD JOHNSON

Published on March 11, 2013September 4, 2020 by jacquelinemhadel7 Comments

“Unconditional Surrender,” by Seward Johnson. Located at the San Diego Waterfront. Inspired by the spontaneous celebration at New York City’s Time Square in 1945, when Americans found out that WWII had ended.