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| Color pencil rendering by Alfonso Iannelli |
2013 has been the year that brought Chicago sculptor, designer and architect Alfonso Iannelli out of the shadows, with both a
major exhibition at the Cultural Center curated by Tim Samuelson, and a lavishly illustrated
monograph by David Jameson,
Alfonso Iannelli: Modern by Design.
Now, there's only only this Saturday to help a
Kickstarter campaign to restore Iannelli's monument to Georgia Guard make its $15,000 goal. Iannelli created the memorial in 1927 in Park Ridge's Town of Maine Cemetery for the child of a close friend. The plot is also Iannelli's own final unmarked resting place.
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| Richard Nickel photograph |
Ultimately, the larger plan includes creating a marker for Iannelli. For now, the Kickstarter campaign, administered through
Preservation Chicago, hopes to begin to restore the cast-concrete monument to Georgia Guard, which, having reached the end of its own natural life, has weathered to the point of near collapse.
The Kickstarter campaign must reach its $15,000 goal by 11:00 a.m. EST, this Saturday, November 23rd, or the funding will be lost. You can read more and contribute
here.
UPDATE [11/23/2013]: With 90 minutes to go, the campaign has met and exceeded its goal, with $17,036 in pledges.
Read More:
Artist Rediscovered: Alfonso Iannelli:
Modern by Design
Creation and the Politics of Gender:
Modernism's Messengers - the Art of Alfonso and Margaret Iannelli.
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