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By Ian Kleine
When driving through the bustling city of Auburn, you might suddenly be surprised to see modern-day colossus doing a bit of posing and some sunbathing.
No, they're not real. They're statues, a lot of them. Most just a few feet higher than your average person, but the tallest one being 40-something feet. Welcome to the Great Statues of Auburn, California.
Their father and creator, Ken Fox, says that the lot of them, a good number, are well over 40 years old right now. They didn't start out good with the city however, and was considered for blacklisting. But with time comes temperance, and now, most of the statues are city favorites, with one particular commissioned and paid by the people of Auburn.
There are a lot more of these statues, but most are kept near his dentistry office and his home. The reason? Most of them barely (and for some, absolutely none) have any clothes on. Men, women; both. His favorite by far 'Freedom of Prayer', a woman with hands stretched out in reverent prayer is kept near his office. And the fact that the clothelessness might have people do something outrageous with it.
The statues are guaranteed through wear and tear, he claims. They're made of pure, hard, solid concrete, a fact that he is proud of. While other statues will disappear in time, as long as his statues are cared for, and well-protected; it could last for a few more hundred years.
The most impressive I've seen would probably be the Person with the Bow, a woman (or a man, the androginity somewhat kills it) pointing a bow to a faraway (and unseen) target. The form is lazy, yet there is the gentle strength tugging the taut wire of the bow. Face in concentration as if to shoot down the invisible foe, arrow frozen in time, no one knows when it will let go and fire. Most folks argue it is a woman, but unless flat is in, I remain unconvinced. I tried peeking underneath the loincloth, but we know how that action is futile when done with statues.
Perhaps I shall solve this mystery another day and another time, as I continue ogling the statues in wonder.
No, they're not real. They're statues, a lot of them. Most just a few feet higher than your average person, but the tallest one being 40-something feet. Welcome to the Great Statues of Auburn, California.
Their father and creator, Ken Fox, says that the lot of them, a good number, are well over 40 years old right now. They didn't start out good with the city however, and was considered for blacklisting. But with time comes temperance, and now, most of the statues are city favorites, with one particular commissioned and paid by the people of Auburn.
There are a lot more of these statues, but most are kept near his dentistry office and his home. The reason? Most of them barely (and for some, absolutely none) have any clothes on. Men, women; both. His favorite by far 'Freedom of Prayer', a woman with hands stretched out in reverent prayer is kept near his office. And the fact that the clothelessness might have people do something outrageous with it.
The statues are guaranteed through wear and tear, he claims. They're made of pure, hard, solid concrete, a fact that he is proud of. While other statues will disappear in time, as long as his statues are cared for, and well-protected; it could last for a few more hundred years.
The most impressive I've seen would probably be the Person with the Bow, a woman (or a man, the androginity somewhat kills it) pointing a bow to a faraway (and unseen) target. The form is lazy, yet there is the gentle strength tugging the taut wire of the bow. Face in concentration as if to shoot down the invisible foe, arrow frozen in time, no one knows when it will let go and fire. Most folks argue it is a woman, but unless flat is in, I remain unconvinced. I tried peeking underneath the loincloth, but we know how that action is futile when done with statues.
Perhaps I shall solve this mystery another day and another time, as I continue ogling the statues in wonder.
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Taking a vacation in California? Why not make it worth the trip? California craft shows. Visit California craft fairs, that's what I use to check up on mine.
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