{"product_id":"the-art-people-love-stories-of-richard-s-beyers-life-and-his-sculpture-9780874221848","title":"The Art People Love: Stories of Richard S. Beyer's Life and His Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe don't know their names. They don't appear to have much money. Where they work, what they believe in, how they vote--it's a mystery. These five anonymous adults, a child, and a dog (with a human face!) comprise a statue group by noted Pacific Northwest artist Richard Beyer called \"People Waiting for the Interurban.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're patient, having stood for 20 years at a congested intersection near Seattle's Fremont Bridge--one of the busiest drawbridges anywhere. They've been waiting, oblivious to cars, rumbling trucks, bus fumes, screeching brakes, bleating horns, bicyclists and pedestrians. The full-sized figures stand under a Victorian-style pergola expecting the arrival of Fremont's long-defunct trolley, which will never come. They stand, lost in their own world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its dedication in May 1978, \"People Waiting for the Interurban\" has become the best known public sculpture in western Washington. People can't keep their hands off the cast aluminum figures--they're protected from rain with umbrellas, decked out in warm clothes when it snows, dressed up in Santa suits at Christmas time and party hats for New Year's, hold American flags on election day, and exhibit political signs and banners in response to current events. Seattle commuters take the Fremont route in the morning just to see \"what's with\" the statues. It's the kind of response that the artist has inspired in other communities, too, after the unveiling scores of works in parks, resorts, playgrounds, commercial buildings, and along city sidewalks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sculptures in brick, wood, and metal (particularly aluminum) portray icons and themes from Indian legends and Pacific Northwest history and lifeways. Distinct local creatures such as salmon, coyote, bear, Sasquatch, whales, and activities--storytelling, kissing, playing, watching TV--are a special inspiration to the artist. Persons of all ages interact with them--it's \"the art people love.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art People Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a perceptive, extensively illustrated overview of the work of the artist written by the person who knows him best--his wife, Margaret Beyer. In addition, \u003ci\u003eThe Art People Love\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a guide to Rich Beyer's sculptures located throughout the Northwest. Besides presenting the artist's goals and views, Margaret Beyer highlights significant, and often controversial, issues in the selection and display of public art in the Pacific Northwest today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874221848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 10.51w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2000 pg. 149\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret W. Beyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51911666368693,"sku":"9780874221848","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_471e696c-d161-4066-91bb-73fcc9188eb0.jpg?v=1761057163","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-people-love-stories-of-richard-s-beyers-life-and-his-sculpture-9780874221848","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}