Houston Beatles statues being relocated

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David Adickes' famous Beatles statues relocating
By Craig Hlavaty
May 28, 2015


Liz Dannemiller poses for Anna Schumann in front of David Adickes' Beatles statues Thursday at his SculpturWorx Studio on Summer near Interstate 10 and Taylor.
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Houston has lost one of its favorite photo venues with the relocation of four famous statues.

The larger-than-life Beatles statues located at the former Adickes SculpturWorx near I-10 and Taylor were in the process of being moved to another location on Thursday afternoon.


The crowd mingles after artist David Adickes' daughter christened his Beatles statues in Houston.
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Renowned artist David Adickes is moving his quartet of Beatles statues to his new offices off Nance Street where they will be stored until they find a new home.

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Adickes said that the property that they have sat on for years now is to be paved over for parking for a new nightclub that is moving into the former art space. The current owners of the property were sad to see them go, he says, but the time had finally come for the Fab Four to make their exit.


A closer look at the John Lennon statue
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“I had a contract for them to go to Austin for display but I didn’t like the spot they were going so that is all on hold,” Adickes said Thursday. He’d like them to stay in Houston, preferably at Stude Park across from I-10. So far he has yet to hear back from the city’s parks department on the issue.

The Beatles will not be available for visitors, he said. 


David Adickes thanks the crowd for attending. In the fall, the Fab Four will be moved to property he owns on I-10 near Shepherd
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He also said Thursday that he’d love to move his 30-plus-foot-tall "We Love Houston" sculpture from its current spot of I-10, just west of downtown. The recent development behind it doesn’t fit with the spirit of the sign, he says. He has a spot plotted for that one as well, but the plans are very preliminary.

He’d like it stay off I-10, as he likes the visibility.

The artist says he has plenty of other artworks in the pipeline that he’s working on, including a large sculpture for the upcoming 32-acre arts center coming up off Taylor.

Adickes, who turned 88 earlier this year, shows no signs of stopping his life’s work.

“Public art is important, “he says.