Alonzo Clemons
Alonzo Clemons is an American animal sculptor and a savant. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Clemons suffered a severe brain injury as a child that left him developmentally disabled (with an IQ in the 40-50 range), but able to create very accurate animal sculptures out of clay. Clemons can create a sculpture of almost any animal, even if he has seen only a glimpse of it.[1] He is also able to create a realistic and anatomically accurate three-dimensional rendering of an animal after only looking at a two-dimensional image for mere moments.[2] He is most well known for his life-size renderings of a horse, but most of his works are smaller, and accomplished in less than an hour.[3]
In 1986 he had a premiere exhibit in Aspen, Colorado. His works have sold for as much as $45,000.[4]
References
- ^ Barry, Ann Marie Seward (1997). Visual Intelligence: Perception, Image, and Manipulation in Visual Communication. State University of New York Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-7914-3436-2.
- ^ Olson, Steve (2004). Count Down: Six Kids Vie for Glory at the World's Toughest Math Competition. Back Bay: Houghton Mifflin. p. 111. ISBN 0-618-25141-3.
- ^ McGaugh, James L. (2003). Memory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories. New York City: Columbia University Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-231-12022-2.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (2005). The New Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 594. ISBN 1-84195-719-4.
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Other sources
- Treffert, Darold. "Alonzo Clemons - Genius Among Us". Wisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- Schmidt, William E (July 12, 1983). "Gifted retardates: The search for clues to mysterious talent". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
See also
- Beautiful Minds: A Voyage Into the Brain, a documentary produced in 2006 by colourFIELD tell-a-vision, a German company
External links
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