Center for Creativity and the Arts
Wings of the City
At the heart of the Center for Creativity and the Arts at Fresno State is a commitment to nurturing grassroots talent and providing invaluable hands-on experiences for aspiring artists and curators. Through exposure to art and culture on our campus, students and our greater community can explore new avenues of creativity that will shape their professional trajectories.
That’s why Fresno State is excited to host the Wings of the City exhibit. Featuring five monumental bronze sculptures, Wings of the City allows art to expand beyond the walls of museums and galleries and become embedded into our community. The exhibit promotes art as a universal language and a bond between countries and their people.
Created by Jorge Marín, Wings of the City was originally exhibited in Marín's home country of Mexico. In 2013, it began its journey through the United States, with stops in Texas, Colorado, South Carolina and Southern California.
El Abrazo Monumental
2006 | 7.2 x 6.9 x 2.1 ft
An intimate moment of absolute compassion and devotion. Two bodies that strive to
become
one. In this sculpture, a winged man holds a woman who seems to be slipping away from
her,
as if he's witnessing her last breath from her in a moment of transcendence.
El Tiempo
2010 | 6.0 x 7.8 x 5.5 ft
Observers of this sculpture are left to wonder whether it is building itself or dissolving
by its
age. The composition, modeled in Classical proportions, reminds us of archeological
ruins;
broken objects that wait for us to tell the story behind them.
Bernardo Oriental
2006 | 7.8 x 8.5 x 3.2 ft
Part of a series of winged creatures, this sculpture possesses unique characteristics,
such as the
position of the body, as if captured at the moment it is about to stand and take flight.
Upon his
head is an aviator's hat; the dream of flying materialized into the human condition.
Equilibrista 90 Monumental
2005 | 3.9 x 1.5 x 4.2 ft
Able to perform actions and movements that seem impossible, this sculpture symbolizes
the
perfection of the human body. The mask invites us to project ourselves onto it as
it reminds us
of the coexistence between humans and their environment.
Angel Persélidas Monumental
2009 | 8.3 x 8.5 x 2.6 ft
The name of this sculpture reminds us of the Perseids, an annual meteor shower named
for the
constellation Perseus. In this winged being, we might find the delicacy of those meteors,
symbolizing a union between heaven and earth, the divine and the human.