Cancer... There's Hope - Dallas, TX
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N 32° 47.156 W 096° 47.726
14S E 706458 N 3629707
Located within downtown Dallas' Cancer Survivors Plaza, this inspirational key focal point sculpture is one many copies found throughout "Richard and Annette Bloch" Cancer Survivors Plazas in large US metropolitan cities.
Waymark Code: WMMGD9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2014
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This particular life-size inspirational bronze sculpture designed by Victor Salmones in 1989 is the focal point art piece of the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas.
It represents eight life-sized figures -- depicting family members -- placed on a 30 feet diameter concrete slab. Five figures (an elderly couple, a man with a young child and a woman) are entering an abstract maze, while three others (a couple with a boy) are leaving that same maze.
This sculpture is one of several copies found throughout "Richard and Annette Bloch" Cancer Survivors Plazas in large US metropolitan cities. While each of the plazas is unique, 3 fundamental components are always present:
1. A "Positive Mental Attitude" walk area.
2. A series of 7 "Road to Recovery" bronze plaques with common sense advice to use during treatment.
3. The sculpture in question, placed in the most visible point in the park for passers-by because it needs no explanation. People can walk among the figures, touch them, walk through the maze and generally visualize themselves being helped. It is moving.
A few copies of this art piece are officially cataloged in the Smithsonian Institute's Art Inventory... this particular copy is not (or at least not as yet, per the time when this WM was created). The accompanying plaque reads:
"This sculpture "Cancer… There's hope" is the last work of the world renowned sculptor, Victor Salmones. He claimed it to be his finest, a labor of love. The back five figures are cancer patients and their supporters preparing to enter treatment, represented by the maze. Notice the fear, determination and hope on their faces in contrast to the joy of the front three signifying successful treatment."
Two weeks after Victor Salmones finished the design of this particular masterpiece, it was discovered that the sculptor had cancer... he died shortly afterward.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Cancer... There's Hope
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Victor Salmones
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1989
Materials used: Bronze on 30 feet diameter concrete slab.
Location: Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza
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