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July 2nd, 2009 
Angie Wood Sculpture
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Late 19th Century Hand Carved Wood Sculpture of Kwan Yin $99.99 |
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·Mar· Lovely Antique Chinese Sculpture, Fine wood, Large $499.00 |
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NICE HANDMADE BUDDHA WOOD SCULPTURE WALL MASKS FROM THAILAND $75.00 |
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NICE HANDMADE BUDDHA WOOD SCULPTURE WALL MASKS FROM THAILAND (3 masks) $55.00 |
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20th. Century CHINESE CARVED OX BONE LADY Sculpture w/ Wood Base. $490.00 |
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Vintage Wood Sculpture Of Chinese Man Riding A Water Buffalo-Chinese Oxen-LOOK! $35.99 |
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ANTIQUE VINTAGE CARVED WOOD BUDDHA SCULPTURE $49.99 |
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Large Antique Chinese Bodhisattva Wood Sculpture 42″ $2,998.00 |
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Pair of Antique Chinese Polychrome Wood Horse Sculptures $3,600.00 |
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Mercy Antique Chinese Kwan Yin Guanyin Lifesize Wood Sculpture Hand Painted $975.00 |
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Chinese Antique Horse Carving Red Wood Asian sculpture $165.45 |
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Antique Asian Oriental Sculpture Chinese Wood Carving Deer $575.00 |
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Old Chinese Smoking Man Hand Carved Wood Sculpture Antique Pipe Art Asian China $15.00 |
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ANTIQUE CHINESE ORIENTAL JAPANESE WOOD CARVED BIRD TREE SCULPTURE $250.00 |
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VINTAGE CHINESE ORIENTAL WOOD CARVED HORSE SCULPTURE $100.00 |
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Antique Chinese Wood Carving Sculpture AS-IS $895.00 |
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Pair Old or Antique Chinese Wood Carving Sculptures Gilded $210.00 |
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VINTAGE BUDDHA SOLID WOOD HAND-CARVED SCULPTURE $65.00 |
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Antique Vintage Pair of Chinese Wood Carved Horses Sculptures Statues Figurines $175.00 |
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VINTAGE BUDDHA SOLID WOOD HAND-CARVED SCULPTURE $27.50 |
Dave Hickey and a Walk in the Woods
In between shows, frantic, frazzled, trying to sustain a semblance of normalcy and just managing to keep fires to a simmer, I find myself checking out, searching for something that can calm me, reading trash novels, and indulging in memories of a well know trail through meadows and creek crossings, where wild strawberries are hidden in the shadows of the pines, tiny, brilliant and infinitely sweet.
Silver nitrate stains my hands black. My back is almost out again. There is a large gash from a piece of sharp metal on my shoulder. There is an ache in my heart. I have turned myself inside out so many times over the last several months that I feel there is nothing left. A writer friend of mine wrote me recently and talked of the muse who had abandoned him. In her absence, he felt a kind of peaceful serenity and in someways, was glad she is gone. “She was a bitch,” he said and I burst out laughing as I read the email. Aren’t they all?
So today, waiting for my love to finish errands so we might actually go for a hike on that remembered trail (the lastest works are drying, but there aren’t many so I ended early and have a little bit of time) I finally finished reading Dave Hickey’s, “The Invisible Dragon.” He implied that real art has to exist in a real world (institutions being emphatically not real) and that its power to communicate must, inherently, come from beauty for beauty is the language that transcends the middle men of politics, religions or institutions. In someways, he sounded like Martin Luther demanding a one on one relationship with God. He ended the last essay with, “As (George Bernard) Shaw pointed out, institutions collapse from lack of funding, they do not die from lack of meaning. We die from lack of meaning.”
I found myself thinking about the irony of searching myself and my life for the things which challenge me to produce works that have meaning, works that stimulate and provoke me visually, emotionally and mentally while holding to an ideal of allusive beauty and what I want and need more than anything else right now is a walk in a beautiful wood. I would gladly, at this moment, trade meaning for beauty.
My father used to tell me that the beauty I recognized in the world was the beauty I knew inside myself. A beautiful sunset is only beautiful when it triggers an unspoken knowledge of myself. I think art does the same thing. Like Hickey said, “The rhetoric of beauty tells the story of the beholder who… contracts his own submission — having established, by free consent, a reciprocal, contractual alliance with the image.” Meaning delivered outside the “rhetoric of beauty” is dry, dead, cold. Beauty puts life, and the meanings we subsequently derive from it, in context. Today, I want to be the viewer. Take it in. Submit. Let go. I simply want to eat the strawberry in the cool of the woods and hold my lover’s hand.
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Florenz Wall Mount Wine Rack Sculpture $77.50 Dress up your home and your wine collection at the same time! This exquisite piece of metal art resembles a swatch pallet with its variety of patterns and hand painted colors. Each layer delicately arches to create 5 perfect wine bottle holders. Whether you place it in your kitchen or dining room, you are sure to be impressed by the convenience and compliments of friends. Hand painted finish vari… |
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Ironwood Gourmet Acacia Wood Secret Recipe Box $21.84 28339 Features: -Recipe box.-Material: Acacia wood.-Holds 4” x 6” recipe cards.-Slot on top of box lid which will hold the recipe card for easy reading while cooking or baking…. |
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SEI Calabria Wall Mount Wine Rack $153.00 Finish:Rust Perfect for dining room or kitchen, this decorative wine rack has an abstract styling. Hand Crafted from Asian hardwoods, this wine rack is sure to enhance any wine collection. Handpainted finish Hangs on the wall as easily as a picture Holds up to 8 bottles of wine No assembly required… |
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Dances on the Prairie $22.99 A community of talented sculptors carve, weld, and shape stunning creations for the Texas Sculpture Garden, the largest permanent collection of work by Texas sculptors ever assembled and open for free to the public…. |
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Vol. 1-Classic Rock Sculptures $17.87 … |
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Sculpture In Wood $8.91 … |
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SE Pottery Tool – 11 Pc Set $5.45 An 11-Piece Set of Pottery and Sculpture Tools ideal for any creative project. The tools are made of metal, with wood handles for an easy grip. Each tool has two shaped heads (one on each end) providing a variety of different carving shapes to give you more flexibility for your designs. They are ideal for detail work in carving, sculpture, and jewelry making. Design your prototype and create model… |
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Dremel 689-01 11-Piece Rotary Tool Carving and Engraving Kit $12.22 Dremel 689-01 Carving/Engraving Kit (11 Pcs.) Dremel 689-01 Carving/Engraving Kit (11 Pcs.) Features: Mini Accessory Case 11 Assorted Accessories 2 Diamond Points Included Includes: – 1 – 105 1/32″ Engraving Cutter – 1 – 702 1/8″ Grinding Stone – 1 – 481 Collet (3/32″) bit – 1 – 106 1/16″ Engraving Cutter – 1 – 107 3/32″ Engraving Cutter – 1 – 108 1/32″ Engraving Cutter – 1 – 103 5/64″ Diamond Whe… |
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Umbra Wallflutter Wall Décor, Set of 20 $19.65 Product FeaturesSet of 20 easy-to-hang wall décor dragonfliesEach dragonfly mounts to the wall with a simple snap-in tack for endless configurations; magnetic conversion kit also availableMade of molded plastic with nickel finishFour sizes of dragonflies ranging from 4.5″ x 2.5″ x .5″ to 5.75″ x 3.25″ x .75″Design: Marion Lanktree and Alan Wisniewski Product DescriptionBrighten up a dark-colore… |
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Sunday in the Park with George $12.00 Stephen Sondheim’s landmark 1984 musical Sunday in the Park with George is a fictional representation of maverick French Impressionist painter Georges Seurat’s efforts to create his masterpiece, Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte. Seurat, played by Mandy Patinkin, is obsessed with his work, to the frustration of his mistress, Dot (Bernadette Peters). Along the way, we meet many other … |
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