{"id":302,"date":"2001-11-12T21:05:27","date_gmt":"2001-11-13T02:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sirianniart.com\/wp\/?p=302"},"modified":"2012-09-05T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2012-09-06T01:12:52","slug":"water-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/2001\/11\/water-run\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Water Run&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_303\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-303\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-303\" title=\"spraguebrook\" src=\"http:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Water Run&#8221; (2000) Designed &amp; Sculpted by Ralph Sirianni<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is the centerpiece of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Sprague Brook, NY. Dedicated Memorial Day, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The figure, which is larger than life, portrays a function that anyone who has served in the military can relate to &#8212; it depicts something peaceful, yet very necessary to survival. The GI is filling a canteen. This simple act of replenishment is essential to the sustenance of troops in combat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook_ralph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\" wp-image-304 \" title=\"spraguebrook_ralph\" src=\"http:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook_ralph-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook_ralph-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook_ralph-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/spraguebrook_ralph.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist with sculpture on Memorial Day dedication, 2001<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before work began, the block of mahogany granite weighed 7000 pounds; it now weighs less than half. \u00a0Special thanks to Mike Gomez on this project.<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sirianniart.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/11\/bn_article_water_run.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0for a full article on this, from the Buffalo News, November 11th, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the centerpiece of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Sprague Brook, NY. Dedicated Memorial Day, 2001. The figure, which is larger than life, portrays a function that anyone who has served in the military can relate to &#8212; it depicts something peaceful, yet very necessary to survival. The GI is filling a canteen. 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