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Nude Figurative Sculpture by Borsheim

"Against the Dying of the Light"

bronze (shown here is clay)
limited edition of 45
30" h x 12" x 12"
(not including stone base)
© 2001-2008
Kelly Borsheim

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Bronze Figurative Sculpture of Man in Struggle:

Against the Dying of the Light Art Sculpture:

Sometimes it feels as though we struggle against something larger than us. But I am inspired by our desires to achieve our dreams, to find our own unique light, even when it means we struggle against great odds to find that voice inside. Although the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was inspired to write "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" while his father was dying, I felt his line Rage, rage against the dying of the light. could be interpreted more broadly as our struggle for self. Scroll down this page to read his entire poem.

My sculpture "Against the Dying of the Light" is shown here in plastilina (clay). You will also see the armature (support structure) that includes the outside pole, connecting to the torso in the bum. Also, steel wires project from the fingertips of the male nude figure. These armature points will not be visible after the sculpture has been cast into bronze, because I will resculpt these areas after the wax is cast from the original mold.

I want this artwork to stand tall and intend to add a granite pillar under the bronze sculpture. As of this writing, I have not priced or created the pillar, so please contact the studio if interested in a quote. The price listed does not include this stone base. As usual, a one-third deposit will hold your bronze for you. Thank you for your interest and support.

Detail View of the "Against the Dying of the Light":

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Above: "Against the Dying of the Light" is my latest work to be cast into bronze. I began the piece in June 2001, intended as a full-size maquette for my first marble carving at the MARBLE/marble Symposium in Colorado. He is a complicated work and I knew that I would not be able to carve it in eight days . . . but I thought that I would get a lot of questions answered so that when I was ready, I could progress with the needed information.

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The Origin of Nude Male Art Sculpture:

July 28, 2001: On the first day of my arrival to the MARBLE/marble Symposium, I was given a work site and a stone to fit my 24-inch tall figure maquette. Pictured left is the work in plastilina on top of my marble piece. I rushed to put this idea together about a week before I left for Colorado. I was still trying to figure out the composition for the big hands, which is also why you do not see them here.

Contemporary Art Sculpture:

August 2001: Several days later, you now see the large hands on the maquette. Each night after I stopped the day's work on my marble, I would try to finish the clay maquette by sculpting my own hands (thickened up to be more manly). Although I did not get much marble carved on this work during the 8-day workshop (I spent probably the first 5 days getting over my apprehension with the diamond blades), I learned a tremendous amount more than expected. Click here to see more images of my first MARBLE/marble Symposium.

Although I practically had the maquette finished by the time I left Colorado, I ended up setting the work aside -- for way too long. Part of the reason was because on the drive back home, I had the inspiration for the sculpture Together and Alone and I immersed myself into the new project . . .

Both Chest Piece and Shield were derived from Against the Dying of the Light.

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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

By Dylan Thomas

(27 October 1914, Wales - 9 November 1953, New York)
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[Borsheim Arts Studio]

Kelly Borsheim -- Borsheim Arts Studio
P. O. Box 340
Cedar Creek, Texas 78612 (USA)
(512) 303-3929
Web site: www.borsheimarts.com