The
Artist-in-Residence Program
2002
was funded in part by:
City
of Coral Springs
and
CORAL
SPRINGS
MUSEUM
OF
ART
STRIDING
by Lothar Nickel
Carrara
Statuario Marble
Permanent Collection
Coral Springs Museum of Art
Lothar
Nickel spent the summer of 2000 in Pietrasanta, Italy, where
he chose a 1.5 ton piece of Carrara statuario marble for the
Coral Springs Museum of Art, to create his piece while he
was the Museum’s Artist in Residence from January 13
until March 31, 2001. “Striding” is the first
piece commissioned for the Museum’s nascent collection,
and will be on permanent display.
Museum visitors were invited to watch the whole working process
of stone carving, from the rough block to the finished sculpture.
Children learned about the stone carvers of Italy and and
carried home with them small chips from the block. It was
an exciting several weeks to watch the creative process in
progress.
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