Yvonne Domenge, Mexican sculptress wins a prize, with her sculpture Lily in the “2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Design Collection” The ceremony took place on May the 31st 2008, in Beijing China where she was the only Mexican.
Domenge who is a member of the National System of Art Creators FONCA (Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes)
This important collection was selected in three stages:
The first one; on august 2008, the “Organizing Committee of 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Designs Contest” invited the participants for the competition. 2433 works from 82 different countries were received. An international group of judges selected, in December 2005, the 290 pieces that made part of an international exhibition that was showed from June 2007 till April 2008 in more than 30 cities all over the world: Washington DC, London, Barcelona, Seoul, Moscow, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Rome, Lausanne, Chicago, Atlanta...
The second stage; in 2007 and 2008 the people that visited the exhibition voted and choose their favorite sculptures and Lily was among the 29 finalists.
The third and last stage; Lily competed for the gold, silver and bronze medal. International judges choose Domenge´s sculpture to be one of winners.
Lily made by Yvonne Domenge in carbon steel painted in white. The mechanical design was made by the Architect José De Silva Rioseco.
In the artist's own words “Lily represents the lightness of the victory transcendent force”. It's a flower that helps to forget the humanity problems. It's a piece that evokes a traditional lily whose petals in movement recall a sea urchin. Lily is a sculpture considered by Domenge as her country's ambassador, and it was created thinking of the Chinese people with who will be coexisting in the Olympic Park of Beijing.
At the same time, Yvonne Domenge was chosen to be a honorary Associated Member of the Sculpture Section of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.
The artist was also selected to represent Mexico in the International Vancouver Sculpture Biennial 2009-2011 in Canada.
