Paul DiPasquale

Paul DiPasquale is an American sculptor living and working in Richmond, Virginia. Among his most famous sculptures are the statue of tennis star and Richmond native son Arthur Ashe[1][2][3][4] located on Monument Avenue[5] in Richmond and the King Neptune statue at the entrance to Neptune Park on the boardwalk at Virginia Beach.[6][7] His native American statue "Connecticut" [8] has been moved several times to different locations. Originally it was installed in Washington D.C. in 1983 to honor Native Americans. From there it was moved to the Richmond Braves baseball stadium. When the Richmond team became the Richmond Flying Squirrels, the sculpture was moved to Tobacco Row and placed atop a former Lucky Strike factory.

Education and teaching

DiPasquale's undergraduate degree was in the field of sociology with an art minor at the University of Virginia. He trained at the Boston Architectural Center and received his Masters degree in sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1977. He has been associated as an instructor, resident artist, or visiting artist at Northern Virginia Community College, Maryland Institute, American Academy in Rome, International City of the Arts in Paris, William and Mary College and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Exhibitions and indoor sculpture

In 2012, DiPasquale presented an exhibition of sculpted Ears at art6 Gallery.[9] He also participated in an event presented by Gasa Gasa, a Freret Street club in New Orleans.[10] In Richmond, he participated in gallery exhibitions at Art6 and Artspace.[11]

Paul DiPasquale at his exhibition Ears at art6 in Richmond

DiPasquale's Neptune maquette was placed in 2017 in the main visitor-welcoming lobby of the historic Main Street Station in Richmond.

Outdoor sculpture

DiPasquale's outdoor sculptures include: the King Neptune (Poseidon)[12] in Virginia Beach, Virginia;[13] the controversial Arthur Ashe Monument[14] on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia;[15] and the "Connecticut" statue[16] now owned by Odell Architecture.[17][18] The name of the statue "Connecticut" comes from the Eastern Algonquin Native American  word, "Quinnehtukqut" In 2010, DiPasquale placed on permanent loan a smaller version of Neptune to the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center in Henrico County, Virginia for its garden.[19] The Virginia Historical Society describes Pasquale's "Headman" as a "9 1/2 foot tall bronze sculpture" commemorating the "contributions of a black boatman" on the James River. "Lily" by DiPasquale is a life-size cow made from epoxy for the Billings Farm and Museum in Vermont.[20] In 2016 Polish artist Olek added a gas mask to her commissioned crocheted installation on the oceanfront King Neptune statue. The gas mask was not part of her accepted original MOCA proposal and caused a Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art controversy and removal of the installation.[21]

Statue of "Connecticut" atop historic Lucky Strike factory in Richmond 02

Biography

DiPasquale was twice a visiting sculptor at the American Academy in Rome.[22] His office and "laboratory" in his back yard in Fulton Hill in Richmond is a place where he experiments to create small models for his statues of notable people such as Thomas Jefferson and General Colin Powell.[23] Controversy was involved in the placement of DiPasquale's Arthur Ashe monument on Monument Avenue, both when it was first placed on that historic site and again in 2017 when there were demonstrations to remove the Confederate monuments from the avenue of famous Richmonders.[24]

References
  1. "22 Public Art/ Paul DiPasquale | History Replays Today". historyreplaystoday.org. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. "Arthur Ashe Statue Set Up in Richmond at Last". The New York Times. 5 July 1996. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  3. Oliver, Ned. "Sculptor Sanguine After Ashe Statue Deemed Inadvertently Horrifying". Style Weekly.
  4. "Sketch of Arthur Ashe, by Paul DiPasquale, 1993 | The Virginia Historical Society". www.vahistorical.org. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "Analysis". xroads.virginia.edu. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. Virginian-Pilot, The. "Beach's Neptune artist finally visits the work he sacrificed for". Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. "Neptune Statue | Neptune Festival". www.neptunefestival.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  8. "'Connecticut' statue headed to Tobacco Row". Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  9. "BEND AN EAR". www.jimmywarnerdesign.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  10. "Gasa Gasa: Where New Orleans Music and Art Meet on Freret Street - GoNOLA.com". GoNOLA.com. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  11. Frostick, Dana. "artspacegallery.org". www.artspacegallery.org. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  12. "Neptune Rising: Creating the Iconic Statue". Sunny Day Guide. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  13. "Paul DiPasquale: Neptune". pauldipasquale.info. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. Slipek, Edwin. "Great Moments in Richmond Statue History". Style Weekly. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  15. "Arthur Ashe". xroads.virginia.edu. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  16. "'Connecticut' statue headed to Tobacco Row". Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  17. "Paul DiPasquale: Connecticut". pauldipasquale.info. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  18. "Interview with Artist Paul DiPasquale". 20 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  19. "DiPasquale's 'Neptune' sculpture coming to Henrico center". Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  20. "Paul "Lily", life size epoxy for Rockefeller Billings Farm Museum, Vermont| Richmond On The James". rotj.wordpress.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  21. "MOCA removing artsy King Neptune installation". WAVY-TV. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  22. "Paul DiPasquale - VCUarts". VCUarts. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  23. "2nd airing: VCU InSight: Artist: Paul DiPasquale". 16 February 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  24. "How an Arthur Ashe statue ended up in Richmond's Confederate memorial". Tennis.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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