Paul DiPasquale

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Paul DiPasquale at his exhibition Ears at art6 in Richmond

Paul DiPasquale is a sculptor living and working in

Virginia Beach
's boardwalk.

Education

DiPasquale's undergraduate degree was in the field of sociology with an art minor at the

William and Mary College and Virginia Commonwealth University.[citation needed
]

Career

DiPasquale's studio is located at his home in Fulton Hill.[1] DiPasquale was twice a visiting sculptor at the American Academy in Rome.[2]

In 2012, DiPasquale presented an exhibition, Ears, at art6 Gallery.[3] He also participated in an event presented by Gasa Gasa, a Freret Street club in New Orleans.[4] In Richmond, he participated in gallery exhibitions at Art6 and Artspace.[5]

Public works

Connecticut in 2017

DiPasquale created his Connecticut statue, a 10 foot tall, 25 foot wide depiction of a Native American, for a

move to Georgia in 2008, the statue was moved to the Lucky Strike building in Shockoe Bottom.[6]

Headman, a fiberglass depiction of an African American canal boatman, was installed on Brown's Island in 1988. In May of the following year, the statue went missing; that October, it was found with hundreds of bullet holes. A replacement, cast in bronze, would later be installed.[7]

DiPasquale received permission to design a monument for Richmond-born tennis player Arthur Ashe shortly before Ashe's 1993 death. The Arthur Ashe Monument was installed on Monument Avenue in 1996, to significant controversy.[8][9]

Virginia Beach's Neptune Festival. The statue would be installed on the boardwalk in 2005.[10]

References

  1. ^ Ranallo, Phillip (December 9, 2007). "Artist: Paul DiPasquale". VCU InSight. PBS. WVCW-TV. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Paul DiPasquale - VCUarts". VCUarts. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. ^ "BEND AN EAR". www.jimmywarnerdesign.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Gasa Gasa: Where New Orleans Music and Art Meet on Freret Street - GoNOLA.com". GoNOLA.com. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ Frostick, Dana. "artspacegallery.org". www.artspacegallery.org. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Connecticut sculpture". virginiahistory.org. Virginia Historical Society. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Holmberg, Mark (December 28, 2017). "The Richmond monument that was hacked down, stolen and shot 400 times". WTVR-TV. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Arthur Ashe Statue Set Up in Richmond at Last". The New York Times. 5 July 1996. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Sketch of Arthur Ashe, by Paul DiPasquale, 1993". virginiahistory.org. Virginia Historical Society. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  10. ^ Quinn, Richard (October 8, 2007). "Beach's Neptune artist finally visits the work he sacrificed for". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
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