sculpture
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Or they could simply be arresting abstractions in a sculpture that sits aesthetically between formal attraction and repulsion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The half-submerged mammoth sculpture in the museum’s iconic outdoor Lake Pit gives the common but inaccurate impression that the tar worked like quicksand, sucking its victims fatally downward.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
His sculpture, in a shade of teal that’s surprisingly regal, spreads across the ground, flaps of steel straining to lift themselves just inches off the surface as a couple plates have effortfully pulled themselves upright.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The piece will run about seven hours from sundown to sunrise, 365 days a year, just across the street from Jeff Koons’ monumental topiary sculpture “Split-Rocker.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
"An immortal dragon of power cut from this stone will be a fitting sculpture for my formal chamber."
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Vocabulary lists containing sculpture
Brown Girl Dreaming
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Ancient Egypt and Kush, Lessons 1–3
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Visual Arts - Introductory
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