FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 9, 2013
Richard MacDonald’s The Ritual Selected by
National Sculpture Society’s 80th Annual Awards Exhibition
Monterey, California May 2013 - The Ritual, a bronze sculpture by Richard MacDonald, has been
selected to be exhibited at the National Sculpture Society’s 80th Annual Awards Exhibition from
May 18 – July 27, 2013 at Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa, Florida, and from August 17 – October
27, 2013 at Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. The exhibition will include the
work of forty-six National Sculpture Society members – from classical to contemporary, with a
variety of subject matter and media, representing the diverse styles, backgrounds and
disciplines of its members.
In The Ritual, a wave of energy moves up the linear column and
erupts from the architectonic strata of time to express the sensual,
rhythmic dance of creation. As an eternal expression of masculine
and feminine energy, the figures symbolize the vibrational dance of
ying and yang. Magnetically attracted, the polar opposites of male
and female balance each other to create perfect harmony.
Capturing a dance of uninhibited sensuality and joyful exuberance,
Richard MacDonald offers The Ritual as a reminder to celebrate the
moment by relaxing and allowing the life force to dance through
us.
Richard MacDonald
Richard MacDonald emerged from a century that avoided the
realistic depiction of the human form, by synthesizing modernist
principles with the timeless human desire to understand ourselves. To
paraphrase Picasso: there is no such thing as “abstract” art; everything starts from what is known.
Richard MacDonald is one of the few post-modern figurative sculptors to go back to this
essential truth, and create imaginative metaphors of the human psyche through representation
of the body. Influenced by the expressiveness of the figures of Renaissance master Donatello,
the emotional intensity of works by 19th century French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the
power of Michelangelo’s sculpture, MacDonald's inspirational, sensitive works are precisely of
the moment, yet profoundly historic by reference. www.richardmacdonald.com
The Art of Richard MacDonald presented by Cirque du Soleil Fine Art Gallery
Richard MacDonald’s work can be viewed in Las Vegas at The Art of Richard MacDonald Fine
Art Galleries located at Crystals in CityCenter and in the Bellagio “O” Theater Lobby. One of the
world’s premier sculptures spaces, the 3,600 square foot gallery at Crystals in CityCenter features
a 40-foot waterwall, split face stone walls, and dynamic steel curved niches. The Art of Richard
MacDonald presented by Cirque du Soleil features over 100 bronze sculptures, including more
than 20 Heroic sized works by the artist along with original drawings and paintings. For more
information, visit www.theartofrichardmacdonald.com.
National Sculpture Society
National Sculpture Society is the oldest organization of professional sculptors in the United States
and promotes the knowledge of excellence in sculpture inspired by the natural world. Its
members create, interpret, exhibit, collect and support the evolving tradition in American
sculpture. In 1893, our founding members, including Daniel Chester French, Augustus St.
Gaudens, Stanford White and J.Q.A. Ward, established the Society to "spread the knowledge of
good sculpture." For information on the National Sculpture Society, visit
www.nationalsculpture.org.
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