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Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture of a black man triumphing against something greater than him, with 4 side pyramid stone base, floor-standing sculpture
living room mockup of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture with photographs of the Duomo in Florence, Italy.  Sculpture as home decor
Profile view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture with lovely arch in the back of the male nude figure
Detail in profile of the black man leaning back and screaming intensely with effort to resist or rebel from what is holding him down,  Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture in outdoor patio location as focal point statement art
Back view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture, black man art
Muscular body male nude athletic build rage raging Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
Artist Sculptor Kelly Borsheim chases / cleans the just-cast bronze figure of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
Detail of chest and front of male nude figure with arms outstretched and clenched hands Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
bronze detail of male nude figure Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
Detail of larger than life hands compared to the 24 inch male nude figure.  The large pair of hands are pulling down the man, trying to stop him.  It represents challenges and obstacles.
profile of nude man sculpture Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
creating the bronze patina for Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture, cleaned / sandblasted bronze before adding color with the torch to the metal
back view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture detail of black man's head as he leans back fighting something large of himself.
Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture detail of clenching hand coming towards you.
Front view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
Front view of all of bronze figure sculpture Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture of a black man triumphing against something greater than him, with 4 side pyramid stone base, floor-standing sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, living room mockup of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture with photographs of the Duomo in Florence, Italy.  Sculpture as home decor
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Profile view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture with lovely arch in the back of the male nude figure
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Detail in profile of the black man leaning back and screaming intensely with effort to resist or rebel from what is holding him down,  Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture in outdoor patio location as focal point statement art
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Back view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture, black man art
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Muscular body male nude athletic build rage raging Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Artist Sculptor Kelly Borsheim chases / cleans the just-cast bronze figure of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Detail of chest and front of male nude figure with arms outstretched and clenched hands Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, bronze detail of male nude figure Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Detail of larger than life hands compared to the 24 inch male nude figure.  The large pair of hands are pulling down the man, trying to stop him.  It represents challenges and obstacles.
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, profile of nude man sculpture Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, creating the bronze patina for Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture, cleaned / sandblasted bronze before adding color with the torch to the metal
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, back view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture detail of black man's head as he leans back fighting something large of himself.
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture detail of clenching hand coming towards you.
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Front view of Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture
  • Charger l'image dans la galerie, Front view of all of bronze figure sculpture Against the Dying of the Light - Rage Rage bronze sculpture

Against the Dying of the Light ~ Rage Rage

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"Against the Dying of the Light"

  • bronze (with limestone base)
  • limited edition of 45   [new orders only, not in-stock]
  • 30" h x 12" x 12"  bronze figures
  • with stone base: 56" x 14" x 13"  (price reduced to $9,500 US for NO base)
  • © 2001-2008 Kelly Borsheim
  • ORDERS only  (three sold, thus, #5 is next available edition number):  price here is the total, but payments of one-third will be taken (down payment, after wax is approved, and final payment before shipping)

 

Against the Dying of the Light Art Sculpture:

     Sometimes it feels as though we struggle against something larger than us. Sometimes it is ourselves who hold us back the most.  Either way, there is a beauty in the triumph against obstacles. 

     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 re-sculpt these areas after the wax is cast from the original mold.

          Artist Kelly Borsheim creates self portrait as a black man struggling against all odds

Sometimes it is ourselves who hold us back the most, artist self portrait in rage

 

     I want this artwork to stand tall and intend to add a stone pillar under the bronze sculpture.  [I carved the base you see in the images on this page.]  As usual, a one-third deposit will hold your bronze for you. Thank you for your interest and support.

 

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.

Kelly carving Against the Dying of the Light into Marble (never finished)

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 at my first MARBLE/marble Symposium.

 

African American man exerting extreme effort in a struggle to win, top view as his head is thrown back   Detail of man's head, mouth open in extreme expression of rage, shown in clay for bronze sculpture Against the Dying of the Light

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.

Artist Kelly Borsheim signature, logo, and limited edition carved into clay for bronze sculpture Against the Dying of the Light


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.

 

 

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