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Aristides Demetrios At SFSU

Posted by Cindy on September 27, 2012

Sep 272012

San Francisco State University
Lakeside

Caring by Aristides Demetrios

Aristides Demetrios has several pieces around San Francisco. Aristides Burton Demetrios (1932- ) was born and raised in Massachusetts. His father, George Demetrios, was a classical sculptor, trained by Bourdelle, a student of Rodin. His mother, Virginia Lee Burton was the renowned author and illustrator of children’s books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and The Little House, for which she won the prestigious Caldecott prize. After graduating from Harvard College, Mr. Demetrios spent three years as an officer in the Navy and then studied at the George Demetrios School for three years. In 1963, he won his first national sculpture competition when his proposed design was selected for a major fountain commission on the campus of Stanford University (The White Memorial Fountain: “Mem Claw” ). Shortly thereafter, he was chosen to be the sculptor for a public art commission in Sacramento in front of the County Courthouse; subsequently, he was selected by David and Lucille Packard to design and fabricate the sculpture to grace the entry to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Red Gothic

Posted by Cindy on March 28, 2018

Mar 282018

Muriel Leff Mini Park
7th Avenue between Geary and Anza
Richmond District

This piece by Aristeded Demetrius is titled Red Gothic. It was donated to the park by the Cyril Lerner Foundation and was installed in the park in 1986 at the request of Ms. Leff and other community members.

Demetrius has several pieces throughout San Francisco. Aristides Burton Demetrios (1932- ) was born and raised in Massachusetts. His father, George Demetrios, was a classical sculptor, trained by Bourdelle, a student of Rodin. His mother, Virginia Lee Burton was the renowned author and illustrator of children’s books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and The Little House, for which she won the Caldecott prize. After graduating from Harvard College, Mr. Demetrios spent three years as an officer in the Navy. In 1963, he won his first national sculpture competition when his proposed design was selected for a major fountain commission on the campus of Stanford University (The White Memorial Fountain: “Mem Claw” ). Shortly thereafter, he was chosen to be the sculptor for a public art commission in Sacramento in front of the County Courthouse; subsequently, he was selected by David and Lucille Packard to design and fabricate the sculpture to grace the entry to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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The Park the People Built.

The Art and Architecture of San Francisco’s Universalist Church

Posted by Cindy on April 18, 2016

Apr 182016

1187 Franklin

The modern portion the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco was built in the 1960s and designed by Charles Warren Callister of the architectural firm of Callister, Payne, and Rosse.

The church is a grand display of architectural beauty in its simplest form. The highlight of the Church is the elegant and historic Sanctuary, which features large, stained glass windows, dramatic chandeliers, and a stunning oak ceiling. A rear balcony with light cascading from another large stained glass window holds a rare, three-thousand pipe organ, designed by Robert Noehren, a renowned University of Michigan organist.

Outside in the courtyard is Interface by Demetrios Aristides. Aristides was born (1932) and raised in Massachusetts. His father, George Demetrios, was a classical sculptor, trained by Bourdelle, a student of Rodin. His mother, Virginia Lee Burton was the renowned author and illustrator of children’s books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and The Little House, for which she won the prestigious Caldecott prize. After graduating from Harvard College in 1953, Mr. Demetrios spent three years as an officer in the Navy and then studied at the George Demetrios School from 1956 to 1959. He studied at the University of California School of Architecture, in 1959.

The Thomas Starr King room, one of several stark but stunning spaces within the Universalist Center grounds.

Charles Warren Callister ( 1917– 2008) was an American architect based in Tiburon. He is known for the hand-crafted aesthetic and high-level design of his single-family homes and large community developments.

CCSF – Sentinels

Posted by Cindy on December 14, 2011

Dec 142011

Ingleside

San Francisco City College

Ocean Avenue Campus

Sentinels by Aristides Demetrios

This one piece is titled Sentinels. It is by Aristides Demetrios who has been in this site before with his aeolian harp. This piece of welded bronze plates is titled sentinels and was done in 1973. The piece is on permanent loan from the SF Arts Commission. In May 2010 the SFAC acknowledge that there was need for a complete conservation assessment as the piece was showing significant corrosion at the seams due to trapped moisture. It was assumed at that time that the work would cost between $40 and $50,000. The work has not been done as of 7/2012.

Oddities in San Francisco – Aeolian Harp

Posted by Cindy on June 29, 2011

Jun 292011

This is one of the more obscure pieces of art in the San Francisco area. It is actually in South San Francisco off Grandview Drive in the Oyster Point area. It is difficult to find, and surrounded by ugly industrial buildings that over shadow it. Which is sad, because it is really rather magnificent.

92-feet-tall sculpted by Aristides Demetrios it is one of the world’s largest aeolian harps. Named for Aeolus, the Greek god of the wind, and invented by the 17th-century polymath Athanasius Kircher, an aeolian harp is a passive instrument played by the movement of the wind.

I was there on a very windy day and what you hear throughout the area is a very low pitch hum, almost like electrical machinery, not annoying, but there. It is not so loud that you are absolutely sure that it is playing, and yet you are aware of it.

Not until I visited this site and started researching Aristides did I realize that I have seen, and truly admired, many of his works around the country.

Born in 1932 in Massachusetts. His father, George Demetrios, was a classical sculptor, trained by Bourdelle, a student of Rodin. His mother, Virginia Lee Burton was author and illustrator of children’s books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and The Little House, for which she won the Caldecott prize. After graduating from Harvard, Demetrios spent three years as an officer in the Navy and then studied at the George Demetrios School for three years. In 1963, he won his first national sculpture competition when his proposed design was selected for a major fountain commission at Stanford. Shortly after that, he was chosen to be the sculptor for a public art commission in Sacramento in front of the County Courthouse; subsequently, he was selected to design and fabricate the sculpture to grace the entry to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The piece I recognized right away was “Cosmos”, a large red work of steel off Highway 80 near Roseville, California as you drive up to Lake Tahoe. If you too think any of those are familiar, you can check out his website and see all of his work.