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The Engagement Rings
Two engagement rings adorn the English Beach Bay in Vancouver. Dennis Oppenheim has made them out of glass, steel and aluminum. The shapes in the form of houses took symbolically the place of jewelry on these rings. Obviously, the engagement rings are monuments to the institution of marriage. "The Jewels" from the 10 meters rings are inside lighted by city mains. These glass houses are located at an elegant angle. The effect of the fragile balance is even more pronounced at night when the precious little houses are lighted and the rings are not visible.
Nevertheless, the precious stones are installed firmly on their rings. The conversion of traditional Diamond into Oppenheim houses probably represents the indissoluble union between two affianced persons, celebrates the traditional links of marriage. Oppenheim is traditionally considered the representative of conceptualism. Conceptual art presupposes some philosophical deepening of minimalism. It also seems that the monument “Engagement Rings” is a reference to pop art. Creators of this trend reject the sublime objects and prefer to look for inspiration in the consumer goods, industrial goods. The works of art grown on such background are sometimes anxious, and sometimes humorous. More often the sculpture makes the viewer meditate and draw conclusions. Oppenheim, like any creator of Pop Art, decided not to interpret his ideas of marriage and created a simple notion of union - the two rings.
If you want to spend wonderful moments near two huge rings that represent love, wedding, marriage and family visit Vancouver. You’ll have great opportunity to see big “diamonds” in the form of houses. You’ll be amazed by the lighted houses that seem to float in the air during the night.
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Its works have physically material, product volume and three-dimensional shape, placed in real space.
The main protagonists of a sculpture are people and wildlife images.
The main genres of the sculpture are the portrait, historical, mythological, personal, symbolic, allegorical images, and the figure of animals.
The materials used are metal, stone, clay, wood, plaster, and other modern fabrics.
The sculpture exists since the ancient times.
At that period they represented people and animals.
Nowadays, the sculptures are widely used to attract crowds of tourists in each city.
That’s why some of them are totally different from the antique sites.
They are so strange.
They make you to think that the sculptor is totally crazy.
But certainly this makes you curious that you want to see the sculpture.
There are a lot of monuments and sculptures in the world.
But not all of them are worth to be visited or seen, although they represent true masterpieces.
They all are made by famous people, sculptors, and painters.
But not the name of their builders gives them the fame.
It is hard to explain sometimes why a sculpture is the most visited, and another is not considered as the main tourist site.
Tourists choose by themselves what should be seen and what should not.
According to some statistics, the sculptures that seem to be very strange, gain the love and the attention of the public.
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