 Jesus Bautista Morales is primarily known as Jesus Bautista Moroles
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Well known for his monumental granite sculpture, Jesus Moroles has one of his works in the White House sculpture garden. A 64 ton piece is also across from the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He works, not by carving granite, but by hammering 5-inch steel wedges into large slabs, causing them to split against the grain. He polishes some surfaces and leaves others raw.
He apprenticed with Luis Jimenez, who tried to persuade him unsuccessfully to work in fiberglass that looked like s (showing 500 of 5382 characters). |
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