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Now you can enjoy this whimsical sculpture in your own home… |
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The St. Charles Public Library Foundation is offering bookmarks and a limited edition replica sculpture of “Read Them Like a Book” by James G. Jenkins.
• Bookmarks:
7” bookmark replicas at $10 each, are available at the Library and at the Heritage Center.
• Replica Sculpture:
14” laser numbered and signed limited edition replica sculpture This sculpture incorporates many of the “enlightening” features of the original found in the Carnegie courtyard of the Library. Only 100 replicas will be produced and will sell for $500 each. Sales will benefit future Library Foundation projects.
Use the form to order your replica statue today! The Library will contact you when the sculpture is ready for delivery.
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“Read Them Like a Book”
Two polished stainless steel human‑shaped figures, side by side, faces turned skyward. The sun and the moon shine reflectively off the surfaces suggesting one form of enlightenment or illumination. As the viewer moves around the Library grounds, the parallel lines are revealed to be human shapes with words, numbers and symbols cut out from the interior sections of the figures. The words are in several languages and character fonts. In translation, the various languages provide further insight into the extended metaphor of enlightenment. There also may be for the viewer some humor available either thinly veiled, disguised or nearly impossible to avoid. Placement of the piece within the euonymus, and given the pedestal height and figure height, they are not anonymous in the euonymus.
James G. Jenkins, Sculptor |
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St Charles, IL 60174 • www.stcharleslibrary.org
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