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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Bendib, Khalil,     Portrait male -- Odeh, Alex M.     Occupation -- Writer     Ethnic -- Arabian     Animal -- Bird     Object -- Written Matter     Dress -- Historic     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Ana     Sculpture

Alex M. Odeh, (sculpture). Artist:  Bendib, Khalil, sculptor. Title:  Alex M. Odeh, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with green and rust-colored patina; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 4 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 6 ft. Inscription:  (On base, top, in raised letters:) ALEX M. ODEH (On plaque on base, to right of figure:) ALEX ODEH, 1944-1985/ALEX ODEH WAS A POET AND A TEACHER./HE TAUGHT THE GENTLE WISDOM OF HIS/ANCIENT LAND AND SANG THE BEAUTY OF/GOD'S CREATION. AN ARAB-AMERICAN BORN IN/PALESTINE IN 1944 AND ASSASSINATED IN SANTA/ANA IN 1985, HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE ON THE/ALTAR OF PEACE AND JUSTICE./TO ALEX ODEH, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS,/ALL WERE THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM. HE WAS/A VISIONARY, A BUILDER OF BRIDGES WHICH/MANY MAY NOW SAFELY CROSS/KHALIL BENDIB, SCULPTOR/ALEX ODEH WAS WEST COAST DIRECTOR OF ADC, THE ARAB-AMERICAN/ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE. IN 1985, HE RECEIVED BOTH THE/ORANGE COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AWARD AND THE/LOS ANGELES COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AWARD. (A plaque on the base to the left of the figure has the same text in Spanish) (On plaque on base, center:) "LIES ARE LIKE ASHES. WHEN THE WIND OF/TRUTH BLOWS, THEY ARE SCATTERED LIKE/ASHES AND DISAPPEAR." ALEX ODEH (The center plaque also contains this quote in Spanish and Arabic) unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of Alex Odeh is seated on a rock or bench on a round, tapered pedestal and octagonal base. The figure wears a Classical-style robe and a cloak around his shoulders. He holds a small bird with outstretched wings aloft in his proper left hand and a book in his proper right hand, which rests on his proper right knee. His knees are spread and he is barefoot. Subject:  Portrait male -- Odeh, Alex M. -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Ethnic -- Arabian Animal -- Bird Object -- Written Matter -- Book Dress -- Historic -- Classical Dress Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Ana Sculpture Owner:  Santa Ana Public Library, 26 Civic Center Plaza, Civic Center, Santa Ana, California 92701 Remarks:  The sculpture was probably done in 1994. Alex M. Odeh (1944-1985) was a regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee who died in an explosion at his office in Santa Ana. IAS files contain a related article from the Orange County Register, April 21, 1995. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA001610   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001610 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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