Flamenco Revisited
by Ruth Aizuss Migdal
The Public Art League is proud to announce the installation of Flamenco Revisited, a sculpture by Ruth Aizuss Migdal. With assistance from a dedicated crew from the Champaign Park District, the piece was installed in Porter Park (near the corner of Windsor and Rising Roads) on Monday, November 17. Flamenco Revisited represents the 49th sculpture the Public Art League has brought to the community since 2010, and its installation is possible thanks to the generous support of Barham Benefit Group.
Ruth Aizuss Migdal
received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from
the University of Illinois in Champaign, both in painting and printmaking. She has had a prolific academic career, with
various lecturer positions and professorships at colleges and universities
across the country, multiple publications and citations, and participation in
conferences from New York to California.
In the 1970s she became a sculptor, working with clay and exploring
shapes of the female human torso in its many complexities. After a workshop in mold making in 1990, she
switched to bronze, which she continues to use because of its permanence and
flexibility.
Her
current work continues in the direction of the dancing lady, which symbolizes
her defiance of society’s low expectations for woman, and her stand against
negativity. She created a series of
powerful female dancers to exemplify their free spirit, joyfulness and perseverance. According to Migdal, “these large abstracted
female sculptures express independence, strength, and a lust for life. This series of work exudes happiness and
positivity.”
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