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Entries in Public Art (74)
TAKE FIVE
Community Service Workers take a break atop Joyce Kohl’s public art sculpture entitled "Ocean Park Segue" (1988), on Monday, April 30, 2012
Fabian Lewkowicz
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Play Me I’m Yours
Arbin Lopez, 17, and Elizabeth Rivera, 18, play on a piano at the Santa Monica Pier which is part of a city-wide interactive art installation project entitled, “Play Me I’m Yours.”
Touring internationally since 2008, Play Me, I’m Yours is an art project by artist Luke Jerram. For three weeks Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra brings Play Me, I’m Yours to Los Angeles. Thirty pianos, designed and decorated by local artists and community organizations, are featured across Los Angeles County and are available for everyone to play, in celebration of acclaimed conductor and pianist Jeffrey Kahane’s 15th anniversary as LACO music director.
The “lunch launch” of Play Me, I’m Yours is on April 12 at 12 noon at the piano nearest you . Thirty pianists kick off the installation with a simultaneous play-in of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier at all 30 pianos. After that, the pianos are available to you and any member of the public to play and enjoy
Visit laco.org to learn more about Jeffrey and the Orchestra.
Fabian Lewkowicz
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Ocean Park Segue
Members from the Santa Monica Family YMCA and the Santa Monica Police Activities League take photos from atop Joyce Kohl’s public art sculpture entitled "Ocean Park Segue" (1988), during Santa Monica Bay Human Relations Council's Kids With Cameras Summer Photo Workshop on Wednesday, August 3, 2011.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, art
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Gestation III
Santa Monica Boys and Girls Club members take photos of Baile Oakes' wood sculpture entitled 'Gestation III,' 1991, at Palisades Park during Santa Monica Bay Human Relations Council's Kids With Cameras Summer Photo Workshop on Wednesday, July 27, 2011.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, Santa Monica Boys and Girls Club
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Arcadia Bandini de Baker
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, Santa Monica Boys and Girls Club
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Dinosaurs of Santa Monica
Dinosaurs of Santa Monica - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz
Claude and Francois LaLanne created sculptures for the Third Street Promenade, which function as fountains and topiaries (a framework for plants to grow). They stated that once the plants grow in, the dinosaurs will lose their monstrous aspect and become more "kind."
The kids were asked, "How have the sculptures changed and developed?"
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, Third Street Promenade
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THE BIG WAVE
Over the past 20 years, the artwork had deteriorated substantially, suffering from rust and corrosion, and the lighting system was no longer functional. Last year, the City retained the team of Exclusive Welding, Inc. and Rosa Lowinger & Associates to work with Mr. DeLap to perform the restoration.
The team, which began work early last month, cleaned and painted the surface of the sculpture and removed the non-functioning fiber optics and Plexiglas cover. They then installed energy-efficient LED lighting that uses about 50 watts of energy to light the entire sculpture—making the signature-colored “Big Wave Blue” artwork “green”! The sculpture will be illuminated in the evening hours and is on a smart, astronomically-synced timer which will turn the lights on a half hour before sunset and off a half hour after sunrise year-round.
Tony DeLap is a major West Coast artist, internationally recognized for his abstract sculpture utilizing illusionist techniques and meticulous craftsmanship. As a pioneer of West Coast minimalism and Op Art, DeLap's œuvre is a testament to his willingness to continuously challenge the viewer's perception of reality.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, Santa Monica, The Big Wave
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SANTA MONICA
Santa Monica sculpture (by Eugene H. Monrahan 1934) in Palisades Park on Tuesday, December 12, 2010.
Fabian Lewkowicz
in Public Art, Santa Monica
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