Dirk Nowitzki’s place in the pantheon of Dallas-Fort Worth athletes, and in the hearts and minds of fans, could not be more secure. He’s the sixth-leading...
“Our job as an artist is not to come down from our Mount Olympus and tell you what’s right or wrong,” he said. “It’s to climb to your Olympus and have a discussion and come together with a piece that’s maybe never been done before.”
He and his wife met in 1985 while working in the same Pietrasanta, Italy, studio. They married two years later and in 1989 settled in the Chicago area. Especially while living in Chicago during the rise of Jordan and the Bulls dynasty. Shortly after Jordan’s first retirement, the Amranys were commissioned to create the statue that would come to be known asThe pose of Jordan soaring above two defenders, ball extended in his right hand and legs split, accentuates the couple’s ability to create art that seems to defy gravity.
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