[Art_beyond_sight_theory_and_research] Rodin in Istanbul

[Lisa Yayla]

  Exhibition: Great Master Of Sculpture Rodin In Istanbul

ISTANBUL - The exhibition "Great Master of Sculpture Rodin in Istanbul" 
will be inaugurated at Istanbul's Sakip Sabanci Museum tomorrow.

Museum's curator Nazan Olcer told a news conference today that a total 
of 203 sculptures of Auguste Rodin will be displayed in Istanbul on loan 
from the 'Musee Rodin' in Paris.

"Rodin's monument to leading writer and thinker Victor Hugo has 
temporarily replaced the bronze horse sculpture in the garden of the 
museum," she said.

"Documentaries and films will also be shown at the museum about life and 
works of Rodin. Also, we will allow our visually impaired visitors to 
touch some of the sculptures," she added.

Meanwhile, Jacques Vilain, curator of 'Musee Rodin' in Paris, described 
the exhibition as "important and extraordinary".

The exhibition will remain open till September 3rd.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) who brought monumental public sculptures into 
the modern era, was considered one of the greatest sculptors of all 
time. Many of his work are famous throughout the world, such as 'The Man 
with the Broken Nose', 'Saint John the Baptist', 'The Kiss' and probably 
the most famous of them all 'The Thinker'.

 

Published: 6/13/2006



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