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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Ninety-one: A month on America’s “Last Beach.” > Detail, Spirit sculpture, Imperial Beach, California, 2014
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10-AUG-2014

Detail, Spirit sculpture, Imperial Beach, California, 2014

This is the same sculpture appearing in the previous image. Only this time, I emphasized a small detail that validates the popular appeal of the entire artistic effort. The sculpture includes two bronze children at its base, making castles in the sand while flanked by large bronze fish placed just below the towering lifeguard seen in the previous image. I moved in on the foot of one of those children that seems to be riding on the back of the fish. Both the child’s foot and a fish’s fin have been rubbed so many times by visitors that the patina has worn off, and the bronze base is showing through. This detail expresses how some people interact with this piece of art – for them, viewing it has also become a tactile experience.

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