“Freedom”
Scale 1:10
Mixed media
8″ tall
Model for a Sculpture
“Freedom” presents Timbó
A proposed tree for the park’s second station is Timbó, whose scientific name is Ateleia glazioveana.
The word Ateleia, in ancient Greece, meant a general immunity or exemption from all duties towards the state.
The second word, glazioveana, is a tribute to the French botanist Auguste Glaziou, who lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the 1800’s.
The Timbó tree is known as a forerunner species that invades fields. It is never found in the inside of a forest, but sometimes at its borders. Timbó has an aggressive and vigorous character, forming dense settlements of its own species, called Timbozais.
Timbó’s depiction here show the spectacular sprouting of its leaves, inviting our eyes to an awesome ballet of shapes.
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