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2008 REVISITED: More than ‘phoning it in’
  
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There’s an easier way to find Picture Plus Design and Framing Studio than using Mapquest. Drive into the Montrose area and look for “Big Alex.”
The whimsical 1,800-pound sculpture of a French-style telephone with Alexander Bell’s face carved into it began sitting atop the business in May.
“It is just one of those things that creates excitement with people,” said Dennis Murland, owner of the studio at 115 Hyde Park Blvd.
Murland was worried at first that the neighbors would be appalled by the work of art that he moved to the area in May. His fears were quickly quelled, however, when one of the local residents asked to kiss him for it or when another called frantically to make sure the sculpture’s recent installation would be a permanent addition.
Local artist David Adickes, 82, created “Big Alex” in 1984 out of steel rods and concrete. The project took him about a year. “I took a large piece of concrete and chipped away everything that did not look like a French telephone,” he explained.
Reported by YAN DIGILOV
The whimsical 1,800-pound sculpture of a French-style telephone with Alexander Bell’s face carved into it began sitting atop the business in May.
“It is just one of those things that creates excitement with people,” said Dennis Murland, owner of the studio at 115 Hyde Park Blvd.
Murland was worried at first that the neighbors would be appalled by the work of art that he moved to the area in May. His fears were quickly quelled, however, when one of the local residents asked to kiss him for it or when another called frantically to make sure the sculpture’s recent installation would be a permanent addition.
Local artist David Adickes, 82, created “Big Alex” in 1984 out of steel rods and concrete. The project took him about a year. “I took a large piece of concrete and chipped away everything that did not look like a French telephone,” he explained.
Reported by YAN DIGILOV
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