Jim Gary

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James "Jim" Gary (born March 17, 1939 in Sebastian , Florida ; † January 14, 2006 in Freehold , New Jersey ) was an American sculptor who was famous for his large, colorful dinosaur creations made from car parts , as well as for his architectural and landscape monumental works became known.

life and career

Growing up in Colts Neck ( New Jersey ), he left his family after elementary school and got by - at times homeless - with various jobs. After serving in the United States Navy , he began to build his first sculptures with architectural elements, which he exhibited in New York.

The sculptor Jacques Lipchitz showed him a method for producing a sculpture of a woman. The sculpture was exhibited and sold through his own gallery “Iron Butterfly”. He taught students in his gallery and sold works of art there at the same time. Other artists such as Gerald Lübeck , Jonathan Talbot and Virginia Laudano also taught students at Jim Gary's gallery. Eventually he closed the gallery and only worked from his studio. He developed a traveling exhibition consisting of many of his large sculptures, Jim Gary's Twentieth Century Dinosaurs . His publicist and director Studio Kafi Benz keeps its official website. Many sculptures have won prestigious awards.

Jim Gary died on January 14, 2006 after a brain hemorrhage .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benz, Kafi: Sculptor Jim Gary Memorial Fund - and early tributes . In http://www.kafi-benz.com . February 12, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Gary, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gary, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Sebastian , Florida
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2006
Place of death Freehold , New Jersey