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Aplique da Parete

Posted by Cindy on November 16, 2015

Nov 162015

535 Mission

Aplique da Parete – Gordon Huether – 2014

This piece is a pattern of dichroic and mirrored glass mounted to a stone backing. The piece extends through the lobby to the exterior.

This and The Band are intended to enliven Shaw Alley. Shaw Alley is a public right-of-way that has been closed to cars and is expected to function as a pedestrian linkage to SF’s Trans Bay Terminal when it is completed.

This is what the piece looks like in reality during the daytime, the first picture is the architects rendering.

Huether has two other glass based pieces in San Francisco. Gordon Huether was born in Rochester, NY in 1959, to German immigrant parents. Having dual citizenship in Germany and the U.S., Huether has spent much time traveling between both countries. Huether learned art composition and appreciation at an early age from his father. In the course of his initial artistic explorations, Huether was resolved to create a lasting impact on the world around him through the creation of large-scale works of art. He took a deliberate step towards this goal in 1987 when Huether founded his studio in Napa, California.

Reflections

Posted by Cindy on April 21, 2014

Apr 212014

680 Folsom Street
SOMA East of 5th

This piece by Gordon Huether is titled Reflections. It is part of the 1% for Art program in San Francisco.

According to his website Gordon Huether was born in Rochester, NY in 1959, to German immigrant parents. Having dual citizenship in Germany and the U.S., Huether has spent much time traveling between both countries. Huether learned art composition and appreciation at an early age from his father. In the course of his initial artistic explorations, Huether was resolved to create a lasting impact on the world around him through the creation of large-scale works of art. He took a deliberate step towards this goal in 1987 when Huether founded his studio in Napa, California.

In 1989 Huether was awarded his first public art commission for the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute. Given the opportunity to collaborate with a building design and construction team, allowed Gordon to realize what he envisioned, and proved to be a significant step for him.

Reflections draws on Huether’s belief that our essence can always be found in nature and light. The dichroic glass panels mounted to the stainless steel frame allow the viewer to explore that essence through the images they reflect, whether beautiful and pristine, or dirty, damaged and decayed. The piece is made of glass and metal and stands 5 X 12 X 5 feet.

SOMA – Urban Grit

Posted by Cindy on February 8, 2012

Feb 082012

SOMA

Financial District

215 Fremont Street

Urban Grit by Gordon Huether
Glass Panels – Art made possible by the 1% for Public Arts Program

From Gary Brady-Herndon’s August 28, 2002 article in SF Gate:

Perched high above the banks of the Napa River, a stone’s throw from the Oxbow area of the city of Napa and the newly christened Copia, the American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, stands the home of one of the Napa Valley’s more colorful — and successful — artists, Gordon Huether.

While Huether’s home may overlook what some might call paradise, visitors won’t find a garret-secluded, starving artist whose main pastime is contemplating the mysteries of the universe while seeking vainly to snag a spark of inspiration. On the contrary, Huether exudes a near volatile, urban guerrilla persona, driven by a life-imitating-art compulsion that fuels his creative passion.

“There’s no distinction between my art and my life. It’s not a Monday-through-Friday, 8-to-5 endeavor. It’s a 24/7 state of being. That means I’m always creating, observing, processing, distilling and expressing. So my home — where I live — holds a higher, different standard for me,” Huether said.

According to Huether’s publisher:

“These 12 separate abstract artworks in glass, are encased in a 50-ft. long steel railing at the public entrance of the new Charles Schwab & Co. building in downtown San Francisco. The artwork is comprised of 12 panels of double-paned glass, each four feet long and three feet high.

Artist Gordon Huether designed the series of pieces from close-up photographs he took of urban streetscapes, manipulated through computer graphics programs to expose “the beauty found in ordinary, everyday things.” Combining etched and fused techniques, each panel interprets a photo from a series created by Huether of such common urban sights as cracks in sidewalks and peeled paint on walls and gates.
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