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And this year Ignacio appeared to enjoy having the onlookers at the Noyes Cultural Art Center in Evanston later this Month.
approach and ask about his creation. ”Spaceship Manhattan” can And yes, each of the two ”out of this world” sculptures is for sale. I
be configured both horizontally and vertically. This year, the artist/ put in 600 hrs. of work for my first sculpture, and so far, 650 hrs for
sculpture set it up vertically, so it stood 108 inches long, (2.75mts), my latest, which I call ”Prometheus at Kettym, Mars. Ignacio is willing
87 inches wide (2.21mts) and 94 inches high (2.39mts). to sell his original piece for 20,00 and ”Prometheus” for 25,000. ”I
Ignacio is also a painter in oils, and his subjects matter is the figure the price is right considering how much time and materials
same-his own imaginative and colorful renditions of space vehicles, have gone into them,” the artist said. Back on the beach, Ignacio
composed on canvas and wood panel. His works have been displayed donned a spacesuit and a helmet to complete the scene that Alex
at the National Museum of Mexican Art and are do to be on exhibition was taping. The artist, who was striving for moonscape-like shots,
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