October 12, 2006 :: No. 41
What: |
Two bronze sculptures – Arise,
by Eric Goulder, and Imploration by
Stanislav Szukalski – will be dedicated at Cal
State Fullerton. |
When: |
4-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 |
Where: |
Visual Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton |
Background: |
Goulder’s Arise (1996) was donated by Earl
and Camilla McGrath. The Virginia artist’s sculptures
have been described as reflections of contemporary
society and its contradictions – examining the
human spirit’s struggle for identity.
Archive
Szukalski and Decker Studios of Hollywood donated the late Szukalsi’s
Imploration (1914). The Polish-born artist came to the United States as a teen
and was eventually welcomed as a Chicago Renaissance luminary, along with Ben
Hecht, Carl Sandburg and Clarence Darrow. As a prodigal son, he returned to
Poland in the 1930s and was to be given his own museum by the government. But
his work was cut short by the Siege of Warsaw in 1939 and was subsequently
lost, destroyed or stolen during the war. He escaped to America, where he spent
the remainder of his life in obscurity, writing and creating art meant to prove
a theory that all human culture derived from a single origin on Easter Island
after the biblical deluge of Noah. In 1971, his work and existence were rediscovered
by Glenn Bray, who became his patron. |
Photos: |
Images of Arise and Imploration can be downloaded
from the university’s website at www.fullerton.edu/newsphotos |
Media Contacts: |
Mike McGee, professor of art, 657-278-7749 or
mmgee@fullerton.edu
Gail
Matsunaga, Public Affairs, 657-278-4851 or gmatsunaga@fullerton.edu |