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| title = Michael Jackson HIStory Statue |
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|image = File:Michael Jackson sculpture.jpg |
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|caption=The ''HIStory'' statue at ] ] |
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| artist = Diana Walczak |
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| year = 1994 |
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The '''Michael Jackson ''HIS''tory statue''' is a ] of ] created in 1994 by ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Jackson|url=http://www.ktu.com/iplaylist/album/216079/|publisher=ktu.com|accessdate=7 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kleiser-Walczak was founded by directors Jeff Kleiser and Diana|url=http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/articles/diana_walczak/|publisher=ballisticpublishing.com|accessdate=7 August 2014}}</ref> and became the basis for the cover image of Jackson's album '']'' as well as the basis for large temporary statues to market the album and the 1995 ].<ref name="Michael Jackson KING">{{cite book|last1=Lecocq|first1=Richard|title=Michael Jackson KING|date=2011|publisher=Publibook|location=Paris, France|pages=229-235|edition=1st|url=http://www.publibook.com/librairie/livre.php?isbn=9782748363586|ref=Lecocq}}</ref> Michael's vision was to appear as a giant statue on the album cover. Diana sculpted the original statue with a monumental look.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Greaves|first1=Pez|title=Diana Walczak & Jeff Kleiser Interview|journal=|date=August 2013|issue=12|pages=12-15}}</ref> The sculpture was then digitized, lit, and rendered by her computer animation and ] company, Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co., into the ''HIStory'' album cover.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Jackson Sculpture|url=http://www.synthespianstudios.net/design/mj/|publisher=synthespianstudios.net|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> |
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To promote the HIStory tour, {{convert|30|ft|m}} tall versions of the statue were built. One built out of plaster and wood was placed atop the ] ] shop.<ref></ref> For the European promotion, ten replicas were built across three months by a team of 30 people out of steel and ], weighting an estimated {{convert|20,000|lb|kg}}. Among its locations, one was towed down London's ], another was lowered by cranes in front of ] in Berlin,<ref></ref> others were at landmarks such as the ] in ] and the ] in ],<ref> {{it icon}}</ref> and the one at tour starter ] was erected using the pedestal of the destroyed ].<ref></ref> During the tour's 1996 stop at the ], Jackson donated the Dutch statue to the ] that was under construction in ]. Said statue was then part of a beneficent auction, being purchased by the owner of ] ], Peter Van Gelder. It stands on the McDonald's Best parking lot to date, becoming a gathering point to Jackson fans following his death in 2009.<ref> {{nl-icon}}</ref><ref></ref> |
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