2007 40 Under 40 Group Photos
The exciting backdrop for this photo is an untitled piece by Alexander Ross. Ross has conceived a mural project for the museum’s “Wall at WAM” contemporary art series that adapts his imagery and technique into a frieze-like expanse (67 feet wide) for the second-story setting and grand scale of the museum’s Renaissance Court.
The backdrop for this photo taken in the Stoddard Garden Court is the museum’s Community Mosaic, which was created in 2000 with the help of more than 1,000 people and 14 community schools and agencies. Inspired by the Worcester Art Museum’s renowned collection of floor mosaics unearthed from the ancient city of Antioch, the 45-by-8-foot Worcester Community Mosaic reflects the themes of “Worcester” and “community.” Its design celebrates the city’s diversity, learning institutions, inventors, neighborhoods and culture, including some of the things that make Worcester famous, such as a triple-decker house, a rocket and of course, the heart of Massachusetts.
This photo was taken looking down on the curved walkway leading up to the museum’s main entrance. The walkway curves around a sculpture by the artist Beverly Pepper called Double Pyramid. Pepper’s sculptures, which tend to be large and located outdoors, are often made up of stacked, irregular, rectangular box-like shapes that are open on two sides, enabling the viewer to see through them.
Here, our winners are standing in front of a piece by the Italian artist Arnoldo Pomodoro called Rotante dal Foro Centrale. Pomodoro is an internationally acclaimed sculptor, but is also known as a jeweler, stage designer and architect. From 1945 to 1946, Pomodoro served on the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the Università degli Studi in Bologna. Until 1957, he worked in an architectural firm advising civil engineers working on the reconstruction of buildings after World War II. Between 1950 and 1954, however, he worked primarily as a jeweler and stage designer. The fine detailing of his jewelry later appeared in his bronze monumental sculptures.
Our winners are perched on one of two staircases leading visitors up from the museum’s Renaissance Court to its painting galleries.
Our winners are pictured in the museum’s American Decorative Arts Gallery, which houses a wide-array of artworks, including one of the largest Paul Revere Silver collections in the world.
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