Walter Peter
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Escultura
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M. Fernanda de Peter
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Sculpture

ON MY WORK

MY ARTWORK represents a Second Renaissance of an Aristotelian philosophical and aesthetic vision, trying to achieve the artistic expression that recreates saying, "Yes we are here, not maybe, but indisputably yes we are!" "Yes we are aware of what we perceive! "" The senses do not deceive us! "" Oh yes there is only one truth, but sometimes, because obviously we are not infallible or omniscient, nor omnipotent, we can not know it! "My work attempts to communicate that man should be the end in itself!

My work tries to scream to civilized humanity that beauty itself is objective and that depends on the correct mathematical integration of the parts to the whole. I firmly believe that the human race itself can practice virtues that help him to achieve values and that his maximum value, his own life, deserves to be obtained, maintained and immortalized. That the human being who attains wisdom, who acts, who aspires with justice, fortitude and temperance, the cardinal virtues of classical Greece, that the man who seeks to attain value of purpose by practicing rationality and ambition will achieve his greatest reward: his highest goals, his greatest emotion: HAPPINESS

"Romantic Heroism"is what my work really represents, a heroic sense of life, a sense that man is capable of shaping his own destiny, a sense, with which there is a sure hope some day man can achieve his most cherished dreams. To project a sense of strength, achievement, happiness, full and deep.

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“ATLAS: Pillar of the World”

It is a 12 feet high sculpture casted in bronze. Inspired on the heroes of the literary fiction masterpiece of Ayn Randīs "Atlas Shrugged. It is a sculptural artwork that symbolizes a man making the most of his most precious value, his mind. He reasons, he acquires knowledge, he aspires with justice, strength and temperance, he is a man of action; he is the man who triumphs and achieves happiness fully; he recreates the spirit of the productive entrepreneur, the individual who sets great challenges by taking high risks, the creator of solutions, the creator of wealth. It was inaugurated in the new Corporate Building and Business Center of HQ FONTABELLA in Guatemala City on the afirst of July, 2021. “Your titanic strength rests, not in the physical strength bearing the tiring task of holding the immense burden of obstacles that nature capriciously offers you, but in the colossal character you demonstrate when you defend and practice the noblest virtue of ever betraying your most illustrious value , reason. The indiscriminate practice of the most effective use of your mind in order to create opportunities with the firm purpose of achieving the mastery of allowing you to shape and carve your own destiny and that of future generations.”

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“Colossal Mural: ROAD TO VICTORY”

It is a mural, a painting 132 feet wide by 26 feet high, which tells a story of success that every entrepreneur and man would like to enjoy. It was inaugurated on the terrace of the 3rd Level of the Business Center of HQ FONTABELLA in Guatemala City on July 1, 2021. “If what we most long for in life is to find happiness, if what we most desire is to improve, prosper and flourish as individuals; if what we most aspire to is achieving our most cherished dreams, we must have a long-term vision pointing towards the distant horizon. We will face in life steep roads, we will encounter great challenges and fearsome obstacles, some painful failures, but if we take our long road as an epic story of titanic struggle with iron determination, relentlessly pursuing the maximum possible knowledge, always seeking to achieve the highest excellence; only then we will we be able to transform our life in an extraordinary heroic journey on the way to Victory.”

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“Award: JUAN BAUTISTA GUTIÉRREZ”

A sculptural artwork that honors and immortalizes this Giant of Entrepreneurship, which created so much benefit and progress for Guatemala. Guatemala City, May 2021. “A man, a legacy, a hero. One single intelligent, ambitious and fair mind, leading a number of equals bringing so much good and job opportunities to a country.”

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“ALEJANDRO VON HUMBOLDT Memorial”

It is a 7.2 feet high memorial. Casted in bronze, it is an artwork that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Giant of German Enlightenment and was inaugurated at the Guatemalan German Club (Alejandro von Humboldt Education and Culture Association) Guatemala City on September the 14th, 2019. “Upon his return to Europe from his 5-year research, explorations and scientific adventures in the Americas, he wrote and published 30 immense volumes on Geography, Ecology, Botany, Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Volcanology, Ornithology and Zoology.”

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“THE INVENTOR”

It is a 12.4 feet high monument. It is a sculptural artwork that honors all the Inventors. It was inaugurated in the Inventor's Square in front of Tower 3 of the TECHNOLOGICAL CAMPUS, 4 Degrees North, zone 4 in Guatemala City on September the19th, 2019. At its feet lies a bronze plaque that reads: “He is the Hercules of his time, the giant of the mind that transforms the resources of nature into inventions that revolutionize every time of humanity, from antiquity to the present, giving every individual on the planet an incommensurabile benefit, thanks to the creation of wealth that a capitalist political system allows the Inventor to generate.”

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“FIDESEUS: THE RIL WARRIOR”

FIDESEUS can be any of us, an individual who is seeking to make his virtues shinej and has the ambition to be better every day, for which he needs knowledge, courage and temperance. RIL, respect, integrity and loyalty are fundamental; it is an allegory to the above virtues and an inspiration to create and believe in oneself. Cast in bronze to the lost wax. The sculpture has a dimension of 2.5 feet in height. Private collection. It was delivered in 2019.

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“MARIO GABRIEL RUANO BATRES Memorial”

Sculptural artwork that immortalizes the Founder of the Ana Belly Food Factory, Mario Gabriel Ruano Batres, when he was just 8 years old. Cast in bronze to the lost wax placed on a concrete base. The sculpture is 5 feet high. It is surrounded by a pool full of water. Inaugurated in the El Tejar Industrial Plant in 2018, near Chimaltenango, Guatemala.

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"THE CONNECTIVITY FORCE"

Is a 9' high monument. The materials utilized were steel, iron, copper, led lights. It was inaugurated at the Innovation Plaza infront of Tower 1 of the Campus Tec at 4 Grados Norte, zone 4 Guatemala City on September de 29th, 2016. At its feet there is a plaquette that says "The technology improvements have facilitated millions of intelligent minds connecting their visionary ideas at a global scale; provoking humanity to be transformed with a productive force like we ever before had imagined."

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"MUSE OF INNOVATION"

It is a 4.1m high monument. The materials used were steel, iron, copper, aluminum, metallized polymers, conductors, chips, hard drives, fans, fiberglass, powder-marble. It is a monument that symbolizes technological innovation. It was inaugurated at the "Innovation Square" in front of the Tower 2 of the new building of CAMPUS TECNOLÓGICO at 4 Grados Norte, zone 4 in Guatemala City, Central America on September the 29th, 2016. At its feet is written: "The creative power of the mind is the energy that drives the development of humanity and the wings of technological innovation become the machine that allows you to travel to the future and reach unimaginable borders."

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“JOSÉ LUIS GABRIEL Memorial”

A 7 feet high sculpture cast in bronze to the lost wax with a silver patina finish. Installed on a 4.5 feet high base at the central garden of the Steel Factory in Masagua, Escuintla. Inaugurated on June the 18th, 2016. “It is a recognition to the man of the star who has manufactured and distributed steel in the whole Guatemalan country in order to build and progress.”

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"Memorial: RICARDO CASTILLO SINIBALDI"

Human figure 7 feet high, bronze casting. On a 3 feet high base infront of the entrance of Xetulul at IRTRA of Retalhuleu, Guatemala. Inaugurated on July, 2015.

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"DAWN: The Giant of Cayalá"
An allegory to the pursuit of happiness

Watch video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1epfgFJ4CHI

Huge sculpture carved from 25m3 of Guatemalan beige marble, the largest in the country.
It measures 18 m long and 3 m high. It took 3 years and 2 months to be finished.
Inaugurated in Paseo Cayalá, Guatemala City on May 2014.

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“CURIOSITY: Source of All Virtues”

Sculptural group of 3 children casted in bronze placed on the Enchanted Rock, a volcanic
basalt crystallized. The full monument has a dimension of 3 m in diameter and 1.5 m high.
It has water with live goldfish all around.

Inaugurated in Paseo Cayalá, Guatemala City on October 2012.

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“MASTER OF YOUR OWN DESTINY”

Human figure 1.25m high, casted in bronze

Private Collection

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"Purpose: the Archer"

Sculptural group of human figure with bow and arrow of 4.5 m in height, casted in bronze, set on  beige marble base 1.7 m high. With a reflective glass in front of the archer functioning as a target 3.25 m in diameter on a structure of 1.5m on a marble base of 1.7 m high making a total of 6.5 m in height.

Inaugurated in Cardales of Cayalá, Guatemala City on February 2012.

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"RISEN CHRIST"

Human figure 2.15m high elevated 0.8m from ground level, look floating in the air, casted in bronze.
Inaugurated in the Chapel of the Augustinian School at  Naranjo County, Guatemala City on April 2014.

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“SAINT AUGUSTINE: The Triumph of Religion over Paganism”

2.50m high sculpture, casted in bronze, on a marble base of 0.3m.
Inaugurated in the lobby of the Augustinian College Naranjo County, Guatemala City on April 2014.

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“MAN OF TECHNOLOGY”

Marble, graphite, fiberglass, steel and iron. Total height: 2.6m, sculpture: 1.50m.
Inaugurated in the lobby of the Technological Campus 4 Grados Norte, Guatemala City on November 2010.

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“GUARDIAN OF FREEDOM”

The Acton Institute established the Guardian of Liberty Award to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and recognize the contributions of leaders who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to the defense of liberty. November the 16th, 2009, the first Guardian of Freedom Award was awarded to Giancarlo Ibargüen S., President of the Francisco Marroquín University. Walter Peter created the sculpture inspired by a favorite Giancarlo masterpiece of classical literature: "The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha" by Cervantes.

The Sculpture was casted in bronze, installed on a trapezoidal wooden base. Total height: 0.6m, width: 0.70m, depth: 0.4m.

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“ATLAS LIBERTAS”

It was created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the literary masterpiece "Atlas Shrugged" of Ayn Rand

High relief in sheet bronze embossed and welded 5x5meters with a depth of 0.5 m. It was settled and inaugurated at the Business School of the FRANCISCO MARROQUÍN UNIVERSITY on October 2007.

 

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“THE COLOSSUS OF INMACO”

Brick Factory INMACO commissioned this art project in 1997 in order to exalt the use of brick for constructive and artistic purposes. The monument is made of terracotta, brick, fiberglass, steel and iron, Overall height: 10m, The Colossus: 5.5m, stands: 1m high, column: 9m high. This monument was inaugurated in December 2001 and is located in one of the main entrances and exits to the City of Guatemala, Calzada José Milla y Vidaurre , the road that leads to the Atlantic, between Walmart and Shopping Mall “PORTALS”.

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“SOFIA: The Birth of Culture”

Sophia is the Greek word for wisdom and is represented symbolically, in this work, with the figure of a young woman, which rises through the accumulation of knowledge, based upon finding the value of reason. It is this achievement, which leads the individual to become a civilized man. This work is a representation of this fluid processing and is a tribute to the pursuit of wisdom and the result of that achievement. This sculpture is made of fiberglass and green serpentine marble. Full height is 2.5m. The monument is located on the 8th Avenue and 10 Street in Zone 1, Guatemala City at The Cultural Center of the Guatemalan Congress.

 

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“PROMETHEUS FREED”

My sculpture "Prometheus Freed" is inspired by the central figure of the work of Aeschylus' Prometheus Freed, the second of three major literary works of the Greek tragedy. "Prometheus Unbound" is a tribute to freedom, which is achieved through struggle and loyalty to our own values. Similar to exile Prometheus on a rocky island, this work is located in a Classic Villa at Port Iztapa at the Guatemalan Pacific Ocean. The sound of the waves pounding on the shore serves to reinforce the idea of the endless struggle to defend his principles. This sculpture is made of polished casted concrete, 2.2m high on a 1.5m high base.

 

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"Estuardo Mini Townson"
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"Galardón Carlos Paiz Ayala"
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