Botero Sculpture in Grant Park - Columbia College, South Michigan
Identifier
F.2005-08-0317
Date Of Production
circa 1985 – 2007
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage depicts the following: Mayor Richard M. Daley tours a shrimp processing facility; Daley marches in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade; Attorney General Roland Burris announces his candidacy for Mayor at the Ramada Inn on December 10, 1994; a helicopter and grounds crew install Fernando Botero’s 17-piece exhibition, “Botero in Chicago,” in Grant Park on April 24, 1994; maintenance staff mow the grass at Soldier Field; Czech artist David Cerny’s “Man Hanging Out” sculpture perches on top of the Columbia College building in August 2007; sculptor Dan Galemb speaks outside the Art Institute during the installation of two Chicago Bears helmets he designed for the Institute’s bronze lions in December 1985.
Format
Super 8
Extent
400 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Marching bands
Parades and processions
Political campaigns
Politicians
Processes and techniques
Publicity
Art Institute of Chicago
Marching bands
Parades and processions
Political campaigns
Politicians
Processes and techniques
Publicity
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Daley, Richard M. (is participant)
Burris, Roland W. (is participant)
Burris, Berlean (is participant)
Sampson, Albert Richard, 1938- (is participant)
Palmer, Lu (is participant)
Botero, Fernando, 1932-2023 (is participant)
Galemb, Dan (is participant)
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