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Laguna Line

Posted by Cindy on June 14, 2018

Jun 142018

Laguna Honda Hospital
375 Laguna Honda Boulevard
Forest Hill

Laguna Line (The possibility of the Everyday), 2010 Bronze with patina

By observing Laguna Honda residents using wheelchairs and the handrails located throughout the building, Cliff Garten saw the potential for a public artwork in the form of a handrail. While meeting all codes and functional requirements, he transformed a ubiquitous handrail into a sensuous sculpture that addresses the space at a visual, tactile and psychological level. The Esplanade features approximately 600 feet of sculptural handrail elements that interpolate the interactive qualities of the handrail into other situations and activities in the hospital. The handrail is cast in bronze and embellished with the color palette of the Esplanade, providing additional visual cues as people navigate through the space.

Cliff Garten has been on this site before.

Laguna Line by Cliff Garten

* Laguna Line by Cliff Garten

The 604 linear heet of Handrails was commissioned by the SFAC at a cost of $238,108.

Islais

Posted by Cindy on June 9, 2018

Jun 092018

Islais Creek
3rd Street and Cargo Way
Bayview – Hunters Point

Islais by Cliff Garten Studio is an artwork that is inspired by the history and landscape of Bayview Gateway and Islais Creek.

“I have created sculptures whose gestures and forms are iconic yet formal and free, solid and transparent, because no one history should take precedence over another. The images of the Bay and Islais Creek are a reference point for the sculptures and for the celebration of the Bayview community.”

Islais by Cliff Garten The piece is made of blue polychrome bronze with a stainless steel wrap, referencing the shape of the estuary with its different outlets before Islais Creek became a single channel, and suggests how rivers like that grow around the communities and change their form.

The solid form is a bronze casting with a blue patina, and the transparent form is comprised of 1/2” stainless steel rods.

The sculpture suggests that, like the Bayview community, the land is in a constant state of change yet it is solid and enduring.

Cliff Garten has been on this site before.

The history of Islais Creek is fascinating, you can read more about it here.

Islais by Cliff Garten * *

As maintenance is not a strong point with the San Francisco Arts Commission I was happy to see this legalese in the proposal for the piece with the Port of San Francisco.

The City’s Art Enrichment program requires that the artwork be accessioned into the Civic Art Collection whereupon the artwork will be under the jurisdiction of the SFAC for maintenance, upkeep and liability. If it is determined the artwork needs to be removed or relocated, the SFAC will follow all necessary policies and procedures and coordinate
with the Port prior to doing so.

The Port will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further clarify the maintenance and upkeep of the artwork and steps required for removal if required. The MOU will also allow the SFAC the use of Port land for the placement of the artwork for 25 years.

The contract for this piece was $445,000.

Ethereal Bodies

Posted by Cindy on July 15, 2017

Jul 152017

San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Avenue
Potrero Hill
Parking entry on 22nd Street

Titled Ethereal Bodies, this piece, done in 2015, is by Cliff Garten. It consists of nine undulating stainless steel sculptures lit by multicolored LED lights. The installation’s stainless steel rods range in height from 14 to 22 feet tall. The surface of each is finely worked to achieve the most interesting interaction with sunlight and the LED lights at night.

Garten received a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Landscape Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, his studios are in Venice, California.

Photo courtesy of CliffGartenStudio.com

Cliff Garten has another piece in Mission Bay of San Francisco that you can view here.

Monarch

Posted by Cindy on December 7, 2016

Dec 072016

1600 Owens
Mission Bay, San Francisco

Cliff Garten Studio is internationally recognized for creating integrated public art projects which collaborate with urban design, architecture, landscape architecture and engineering to challenge the assumptions of how public places are built and used. Through a diversity of materials, methods and scale, the studio is committed to exploiting the artistic and expressive potential of public spaces and infrastructure in varied urban and natural contexts.

Monarch by Cliff Garten, Public Art in San Franicisco

It is necessary to get close to the sculpture to realize it is thousands of small butterflies

Cliff Garten has a Masters of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design and a Masters of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University GSD. He has served as a visiting critic and lecturer at Harvard University, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Southern California and the Southern California Institute of Architecture.

Photo courtesy of Cliff Garten Studio

The sculpture references the mating ritual of the Monarch butterfly. The sculpture is 26’ tall and created from approximately 900 laser cut, stainless steel butterflies. From dusk to dark the sculpture is illuminated with changing colors mapped to its surface.