NEW YORK (Commodity Online): What would you expect a futuristic Bull Market symbol of Wall Street to look like? Prepared for a surprise as it has no resemblance at all with the present bull icon any more.
The new icon is a “blasting off” rocket designed by international award winning husband and wife sculpture team Mark and Diane Weisbeck.
The old bull and bear are icons that no one seems to remember the meanings of any more. The “Bull Market Rocket” is 13 feet tall and is constructed of textured and dyed stainless steel. The plumeof the rocket is intricately swirling, textured stainless steel, which looks dazzling in the sunlight and gives the impression of motion and “blasting off.” The rocket is powdered coated metallic blue with Gold fins. It is suitable for indoor or outdoor installation. “The image of the blasting off rocket leaves the 19th century archaic bear and bull in the dust!” states artist Mark Weisbeck. “As Wall Street emerges reborn, so too must the icons and images of Wall Street. We are pleased to have been chosen to design the most positive of all Wall Street terminology, the Bull Market,” elaborates Diane Weisbeck.
They recently won a Wall Street, New York commission, through KiptonArt, New York, to create the modern bull market image for Wall Street. A private Wall Street commissioner, a prominent Wall Street executive, funded the project through KiptonArt, the brainchild of Kipton Cronkite
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The exhibition, entitled, “The Color of Money: Collision of Art and Finance,” is a finance themed art commission. The exhibition will be held at the summer estate of the commissioner, in Southampton, New York, USA, on August 15, 2009. Information on attending the event can be found at KiptonArt.com. This is the first financed themed art commission of its kind ever produced.
The Weisbecks have won many international sculpture awards. They were the only artists in the world to represent New York in the Beijing China Olympics Sculpture Competition, winning the prestigious “Excellent Works” award. This was the first time that art was an official category of competition in the history of the Olympic Games. Mark and Diane were two of only eight Americans invited to participate.
In July, 2008 they unveiled a 32 foot tall waterfront sculpture in Rochester, New York, USA. “Water Spirits,” is the gateway sculpture to the city of Rochester and was commissioned by the New York State Department of State. It is 2 and ½ tons of Brass and was hand patinaed in “Statue of Liberty” green.
In 2004 the Weisbecks won a commission to create twelve light sculptures for the New York State Department of Transportation, which were placed on the pylons of three consecutive new bridges in Rochester, New York, USA.
A winner of the Changchun, China International Sculpture Competition, in 2000, the Weisbeck's “Expanding Influence of Peace” is a 30 foot tall sculpture which stands in the large Chinese city's sculpture park. (Courtesy: PRLog)
