'Barrier' by Fritz Bultman - New Orleans, LA
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'Barrier' (Big Bird) is a bronze sculpture by artist Fernando Botero located at the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden within New Orleans City Park, Louisiana.
Waymark Code: WM1280E
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2020
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Fritz Bultman (April 4, 1919 – July 20, 1985) was an American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor, and collagist and a member of the New York School of artists.
In 1950, he accepted a grant to study bronze sculpture in Italy where he learned the processes for bronze casting and lost-wax. When he returned to the United States in 1951, he continued to sculpt and was one of the only Abstract Expressionists to ever do so regularly.
When he created Barrier he was experimenting with both bronze sculpting and collage. He created the textured surface by working in plaster and alternating between carving and building on a wire mesh armature. This rough surface gives the piece a dynamic quality so that the outstretched wings make the bird appear ready for takeoff.
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