The good, the bad, and the ugly, the bigger, the better. Celebrate our heroes or ridicule those less than heroic, iconic and/or symbolic. Everyone and everything fades, unless we make some damn fine tourist attractions. Here's some scale models from recent (imaginary) public competitions.
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MONUMENTS
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects, plaster, acrylic paint
KOAN COLLISION COURSE
2019
Found objects, plaster, acrylic paint
5" x 12" x 7"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects
CANADIAN NATIONAL MONUMENT TO THE DESOLATION WE SOMETIMES FEEL IN OUR HEARTS (MAQUETTE)
2018
Found objects
22" x 9" x 9"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects, wood
MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS OF CAPITALISM
2016
Found objects, wood
21" x 18" x 15"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Wood, plaster bust, found objects
LISZT
2016
Wood, plaster bust, found objects
27" x 9" x 4"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Wood, steel, paper, found objects
TREK
2016
Wood, steel, paper, found objects
11" x 11" x 2"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Photograph, plywood, pencils, found objects
TRUMAN
2015
Photograph, plywood, pencils, found objects
26" x 14" x 10"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS
TRUMAN (detail)
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS
TRUMAN (detail)
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Photograph, wood, mactac, frames
PONDEROSA
2016
Photograph, wood, mactac, frames
20" x 7" x 12"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects, birch bark, wood, milk paint
MOOSE (EXTINCT)
2017
Found objects, birch bark, wood, milk paint
20" x 14" x 11"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects, plywood, paint
EARLY DRONE DEVELOPMENT
2017
Found objects, plywood, paint
24" x 12" x 10"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS
EARLY DRONE DEVELOPMENT (detail)
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects, carved wood, acrylic paint, shellac
EDWARD R. MORROW
2019
Found objects, carved wood, acrylic paint, shellac
22" x 6" x 7"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects, plaster of Paris
AFTER EDUARDO PAOLOZZI
2020
Found objects, plaster of Paris
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects
CHE IN ALBERTA
2020
Found objects
7" x 9" x 3"
Bruce Rosensweet MONUMENTS Found objects, acrylic paint, MacTac
THE DEATH OF TCHAIKOVSKY
2019
Found objects, acrylic paint, MacTac
20" x 8" x 6"