Protector of Dreams
He holds the world up to keep the dream safe.
A figure rendered in a single uninterrupted matte white, arms raised overhead in a classical heroic stance, holds a rough-hewn boulder above his head. Every muscle is precisely drawn, the cape falls in clean folds behind him, the shield rests unmistakable on his chest. He is exerting everything he has. And there, resting on top of the rock he holds aloft, is a small polished gold bear, gleaming, calm, entirely at ease, perched on top of the world he is holding up for it.
That is the whole piece, distilled. The strongest figure in modern culture, exerting his full strength, not to fight, not to conquer, but to keep something small and bright and precious safe above the ground. The bear is the dream. The lift is the love. There is a quiet humour in the work, and underneath the humour, something almost tender about what strength is actually for.
Cast in resin, finished entirely by hand in the studio, and released as a strictly limited edition signed by Joseph Klibansky. A sculpture made to be lived with, photographed, and passed on.
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Protector of Dreams
He holds the world up to keep the dream safe.
A figure rendered in a single uninterrupted matte white, arms raised overhead in a classical heroic stance, holds a rough-hewn boulder above his head. Every muscle is precisely drawn, the cape falls in clean folds behind him, the shield rests unmistakable on his chest. He is exerting everything he has. And there, resting on top of the rock he holds aloft, is a small polished gold bear, gleaming, calm, entirely at ease, perched on top of the world he is holding up for it.
That is the whole piece, distilled. The strongest figure in modern culture, exerting his full strength, not to fight, not to conquer, but to keep something small and bright and precious safe above the ground. The bear is the dream. The lift is the love. There is a quiet humour in the work, and underneath the humour, something almost tender about what strength is actually for.
Cast in resin, finished entirely by hand in the studio, and released as a strictly limited edition signed by Joseph Klibansky. A sculpture made to be lived with, photographed, and passed on.
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He holds the world up to keep the dream safe.
A figure rendered in a single uninterrupted matte white, arms raised overhead in a classical heroic stance, holds a rough-hewn boulder above his head. Every muscle is precisely drawn, the cape falls in clean folds behind him, the shield rests unmistakable on his chest. He is exerting everything he has. And there, resting on top of the rock he holds aloft, is a small polished gold bear, gleaming, calm, entirely at ease, perched on top of the world he is holding up for it.
That is the whole piece, distilled. The strongest figure in modern culture, exerting his full strength, not to fight, not to conquer, but to keep something small and bright and precious safe above the ground. The bear is the dream. The lift is the love. There is a quiet humour in the work, and underneath the humour, something almost tender about what strength is actually for.
Cast in resin, finished entirely by hand in the studio, and released as a strictly limited edition signed by Joseph Klibansky. A sculpture made to be lived with, photographed, and passed on.
