A Fossil on the Great Highway

 Posted by on April 27, 2013
Apr 272013
 

The Great Highway at Pacheco
Outer Sunset

Fossil by Mary Chomenko Hinckly

Fossil by Mary Chomenko Hinckley – 1989

 A cast bronze medallion inset into the sidewalk depicts the history of the Ocean Beach and incorporates elements discovered or retrieved from the neighborhood into the design.

According to Mary’s website: Her work seeks to illuminate the hidden relationships between found objects. Darwin discovered order in nature’s chaos, Surrealists sought the same; trying to distill sense in nature. The juxtaposition of images and objects from disparate locales generates new insights into the interrelationships between nature and civilization.

Found objects, bits and bytes from Silicon Valley junk bins, building blocks of our generation; the unresolved tension in a bird captured mid-flight; the subtle geometry of a distant landscape and the patterns that define it and it’s peoples; these elements together reveal a new order and visual reality that I continue to explore.

EDUCATION
1982 Master of Fine Arts, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1978-79 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University, Boston, MA
1977 Ukrainian Studies (Summer Program), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1973 Bachelor of Arts, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

 Fossil by Chemenko

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Bronze Plaque on the Great Highway SF*

Mary Chemenko*

Fossil by Mary Chemenko on the Great Highway at Pacheco

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Fossil by Chomenko

Fish are swimming near Ocean Beach

 Posted by on November 28, 2012
Nov 282012
 
Fish are swimming near Ocean Beach

39th and Ortega Ortega Library Ocean Beach Wowhaus consists of artists Scott Constable and Ene Oseraas-Constable. These two artists were also responsible for the Sunnyside Menagerie at the Sunnyside Conservatory here in San Francisco.   Located near the entrance of the library, the artwork features a duo of large-scale, glass mosaic fish sculptures. The sculptures represent a silver Forage Fish and a vermillion Rockfish, two species that swim in the waters just off Ocean Beach that have played a vital role in the natural and cultural history of the region. The artwork’s title, Abundance, speaks to the concepts that inspired the Continue Reading

Roald Amundsen at the Beach Chalet

 Posted by on July 7, 2012
Jul 072012
 
Roald Amundsen at the Beach Chalet

Land’s End Beach Chalet 1000 The Great Highway * This memorial sits in the parking lot of the Beach Chalet, it has been there since 1930. It marks where Amundsen’s ship, the Gjoa (pronounced “Joe”) was in dry-dock. It had been pulled ashore here in 1909, and placed on dry-dock display. Amundsen donated the ship and the Norweigan community took up a collection to display the ship in the park. Unfortunately, the ship had a rough time and had fallen into disrepair by the 1930s due to vandalism and the elements. The Gjoa Foundation was formed in 1940 to restore Continue Reading

Beach Chalet Murals Part III

 Posted by on July 6, 2012
Jul 062012
 
Beach Chalet Murals Part III

Land’s End The Beach Chalet – Part III 1000 The Great Highway Lucien Labaudt’s Beach Chalet murals: John McLaren (G.G. Park Superintendent) in left foreground on bench, with Jack Spring (later General Manager of Parks and Rec Dept.) holding redwood tree’s root ball, while behind on horseback (upper right corner) sit sculptor Benny Bufano and Joseph Danysh, then head of California Federal Art Project. * Labaudt, following the precedent set by many of his era’s fellow artists to include other artists, depicts here Gottardo Piazzoni, a Swiss-Italian muralist who worked in San Francisco during the first two decades of the Continue Reading

Beach Chalet Murals – Part II

 Posted by on July 5, 2012
Jul 052012
 
Beach Chalet Murals - Part II

Land’s End The Beach Chalet Part II 1000 The Great Highway * * It was common for WPA muralists to place people they knew or people of note in their work.  Here Lucien Labaudt inserts Arthur Brown Jr.. Brown was the Architect of City Hall (shown over his left shoulder) and architect of Coit Tower, where Labaudt worked as well. A few scenes from around San Francisco including Japantown.

Beach Chalet Murals

 Posted by on July 4, 2012
Jul 042012
 
Beach Chalet Murals

Land’s End The Beach Chalet – Part I 1000 Great Highway The Beach Chalet has its own fascinating history. This is however, about the WPA work found at the Beach Chalet.    Port Scene by Lucien Labaut -Beach Chalet Murals Fisherman’s Wharf A peaceful beach scene that incorporates some of Labaudt’s friends and family.   All the murals in the Beach Chalet were done by one artist, Lucien Labaudt. Born in France, he came to the United States in the early 1900s. He was an accomplished dress designer to the rich and famous of San Francisco High Society. He is Continue Reading

Sunset District – Propeller on the Walk Way

 Posted by on November 3, 2011
Nov 032011
 
Sunset District - Propeller on the Walk Way

The Sunset District The Great Highway at Riviera Standing here, looking out towards the Pacific you will find art at your feet.  You will also guess, at this point that it is covered in a lot of sand. Propeller by Richard Deutsch This granite and marble terrazzo paving piece has bronze nautical elements inlaid into the surface. Richard Deutsch has been featured on this site before.  He is an accomplished artist, with work all over the world, and pieces in great museums across the country. This piece was commissioned by the SFAC for $9000 in 1988

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