RÁFAGA UNLEASHED como idea, nació de la simbiosis de los diversos elementos que dan
vida y caracterizan la bahía de la ciudad de Hamilton, localizada a 45min al sud-oeste de
Toronto.
Metalúrgia y navegación, la vida intensa de una ciudad en expansión en busca de un
reencuentro entre el fluir orgánico de la naturaleza y la complejidad y precisión
geométrica del hombre.
El lugar destinado para la propuesta tenia la fuerza del agua el cielo y la tierra y desataba
el poder de la imaginación.con una intensidad de vértigo.
Dos figuras de bronce, un hombre y una mujer, juntos, en un intento de contener la fuerza
in crescendo, el impulso indomable de una fuerza proyectada al infinito o quiza el dorso
de una ballena una espina dorsal o el mástil de un velero soplando al viento.
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Ráfaga-Unleashed , fue concebida con la crencia de que solo mediante la fusión de la
figuración y la abstracción, la tradición con las tendencias contemporáneas.hubieramos
podido crear una escultura que hallara sus orígenes en el pasado para proyectarse en el
presente y luego ir mas allá, sin limites hacia el futuro de la humanidad .
MATERIALES
La pieza es una combinación , no solo de ideas y formas, sino también de materiales.
Acero inoxidable y bronce fueron seleccionados, no solo por sus cualidades estéticas sino
también por su durabilidad y su capacidad de refractar la luz desde grandes distancias,
convirtiéndose en un punto de referencia tanto para la navegación como para los
ciudadanos de Hamilton y el turismo.
El gran reto lo suponía el crear una escultura en sintonía con los nuevos elementos
arquitectónicos. The new Marine Life Discovery Center of Canada, con su moderna
arquitectura y las ondulaciones del terreno ajardinado que insinuan las corrientes marinas.
Ráfaga -Unleashed con su estructura de 5 toneladas de acero inoxidable, se eleva a una
altura de 16 metros, al pie del lago Ontario, y junto con los elementos arquitectónicos y la
belleza del paisaje, el espectador se ve inmerso en una danza de luz y formas; la epifania
del hombre y la naturaleza en communion.
Nuestro deseo es que aquellos que se encuentren con la obra sean arrebatados por un
sentimiento de posibilidad y de futuro, que despierte la curiosidad y el deseo de buscar
mas allá, que encuentren en su presencia un lugar para hacer una pausa y reflexionar o
contemplar, simplemente. Que sientan en su esencia un sentimiento renovado de lo que
significa ser humano en un mundo sobrehumano.
Li Ka Shing Centre of Health and Research Innovation
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2015
Entrance to Lynnmouth Park
Foot of the Spirit Circle
Gateway sculpture to
North Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2012
Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Cast Aluminum
10 m x 4.6 m x 6.5 m Tall
Dam de Nogales
The Spirit of Discovery
Bronze and Stainless Steel
8 M x 4.5 M x 4.0 M
Unique Work
Dam de Nogales
2005
University of Toronto
Donnelly Centre of Cellular
and Biomolecular Research
Toronto, ON, Canada
Because Cats Can´t Fly - Public Sculpture for the Region of Waterloo, downtown Kitchener.
Wait for Me, Daddy
WW2 Monument
Bronze and Stainless Steel
Incorporating Linear Lighting
4.6 m x 5. mx 4.2 m
City Centre, NewWestminster, B.C., Canada
Dam de Nogales
2014
Hyack Square, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada -
unveiled Oct. 4th, 2014
A Sculpture based on the famous photo, Wait for Me, Daddy, by
Detloff, taken as Canadian Soldiers marched of to War., an image
which became iconic for Canada, as well as nations abroad. The
Sculpture combines historical and contemporary elements to unite
the historical Hyack Square and the Historic District of
NewWestminster with the new Contemporary Anvil Centre across
the way. Lighting Element incorporated directly into the work
changes hues over the evening hours. The work which addresses
all generations. Contrary to other WW2 Monuments, this works
highlights the difficulties felt by the families, faced with lengthy
separation, and the not knowing of what the future holds...at the
same time the work is one of hope. With the stainless steel
portions executed through our Canadian Studio, and the bronze
figurative portions being created through our studio in Europe, it
seemed somewhat poetic that the soldiers could finally come
home. -- Dam de Nogales - 2014
3.6 m x 2.2m x 1.6m
Bronze and Stainless Steel
Bronce y Acero inoxidable
3.6 m x 2.2m x 1.6m
Bronze and Stainless Steel
Bronce y Acero inoxidable
Connecting Spaces
Plaza of the United States of America
Plaza of the Immigrant
3.2m x 3m x 3 m
130% Natural Size
Bronze and Steel Sculpture
of Horse and Rancher and Six Bull Cows
Movement from the Figurative to the Abstract
50' x 12' x 1.5'
16m x 4 m x 1m
Bronze and Stainless Steel
Concrete 'Dust and Wave Wall'
Bronce y Acero inoxidable
Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB,
2008
3.2m x 3.2m x 3.2m
Monument to Al Purdy
Bronze Monument to a Canadian Poet
Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario
The International Sculpture Collection
Royal Botanical Gardens
Burlington, Hamilton, Ontario
Open Mind Stage
St. Louis University
Henry Lay Sculpture Park
Louisiana, MO, USA,
Bronze and Steel
24'x4'x4'6"
Unique Work
Dam de Nogales
2001
The Wandering Brute
St. Louis University
Lay Sculpture Park
Louisiana, MO, USA,
Bronze and Steel
13'x6'x3'4"
Unique Work
Dam de Nogales
2001
The Stations of the Cross
Bronze
19" x 24"
Unique Work s 01/7
Dam de Nogales
2017
Helena, Montana
Pincellades en el Temps
Pinceladas en el Tiempo
Paint Strokes in Time
2.4 m x 1.6 x 2.0m
Bronce y hierro
Bronze and steel
Sitges, Spain
Montornes Barcelona
The Poet
Hoke Library
Jensen Beach, Martin County, FL, USA
Bronze and Steel
7'8""x 2'6" x 2'6"
Unique Work 1/1
Dam de Nogales
2001
International Artists Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales are creating a large scale work of art in response to Illegal Wildlife Trafficking towards the goal of being placed temporarily in the streets of London in October of 2018. With the model already executed, the work is an emotional appeal to re-connect the human-animal bond on a global scale. But it is also a work which changes from a call to tenderness to a work drenched in a sense of mourning and of loss.
For 9 days it would deal with the tender balance and understanding we must aim for with wildlife, and with the acceptance of the responsibility that comes with it. Then for one day, we will be faced with the reality, and the sense of loss and absence. Our hope is that others too might be moved to help combat the horrific loss of wild life occurring on a daily basis, and that this emotional appeal will lead to decisive action.
Piazza Johnny Lombardi
Urban Design
Little Italy, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
Bronze and Granite
Figures 120% Natural
Wave Benches, etchings, and Urban Design
Dam de Nogales
2004
The Long Ascent
Victoria Park
City of North Vancouver, B.C.
Canada
Life Size Horse
and Installation
of 17 Stainless Steel HoofPrints
into the Sidewalks
June
2007
Echoes of the Iron Horse
Urban Design Project
Highgate, ON, Canada
dedicated to the Train
Sculpture and Piazza Design
Landscape Design
Dam de Nogales
2007
One of three sister works. One is privately owned but placed on for public viewing in Urus, Spain. The second is a living fountain sculpture of stainless steel, bronze, and stone, at the Entrance to Mickel Park, Ridgetown, Ontario. The third is yet to be commissioned.
All echo the spirit of nature with their own voices and forms.
The George Morris Memorial
Bronze and Granite and Steel
135% Life Size Figure
11' x 4'6" x 4'6"
Unique Work
Dam de Nogales
2003-2004
Healing Garden of
Chatham Kent Public Hospital
Grand Avenue
Chatham, ON, Canada
The Chatham Kent Health Alliance
The Passion
The Stations of the Cross
Detail of Station 1
The Condemnation
Bronze
19" x 24"
Unique Work s 01/7
Dam de Nogales
2004
Bishop A Tonnos Park
Hamilton, ON, Canada
Monument to the Sisters of St. Joseph
Chatham Kent Health Alliance
Chatham, ON, Canada
2009
Bronze and Steel
dam de Nogales