Gwynn Murrill at the San Francisco Zoo

 Posted by on September 15, 2014
Sep 152014
 

San Francisco Zoo
Sloat and The Great Highway
Lakeside

Bronze Cougar at SF ZooCougar III by Gwynn Murrill

Gwynn Murrill is a Los Angeles based artist who received her MFA from UCLA in 1972.  Murrill has three sculptures at the San Francisco Zoo.  Cougar III and Tiger 2 are at the front entryway and Hawk V is located at the Koret Animal Resource Center.

Bronze Tiger at SF ZooTiger 2

Gwynn Murrill has always worked with animals as her subject matter. Stripped of surface detail the sculptures are almost abstract in form.

Bronze Hawk at SF ZooHawk V

The Arts Commission purchased Hawk V for $29,000. Tiger 2 was purchased for $85,000, and Cougar III for $65,000.  All three sculptures were purchased with funds generated by the City’s percent-for-art program, which allocates 2% of capital projects for art enrichment.

While I think that all three of these sculptures are lovely, and truly adored by children that visit the zoo, I am not sure why Ms. Merrill (while a Californian, not a San Franciscan) has been given the exclusive commissions for the bronzes in the zoo.  There are many bronzes sitting throughout the zoo and they are every bit as spectacular, including two by local Doctor Burt Brent.

 

Albert Paley at 199 New Montgomery

 Posted by on October 9, 2012
Oct 092012
 

 199 New Montgomery
SOMA

 

This sculpture, titled Volute, is complemented by two wall sconces, they are all by Albert Paley.

Albert Paley, an active artist for over 40 years at his studio in Rochester, New York, is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Institute Honors awarded by the American Institute of Architects.  Paley received both his BFA and MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. He received honorary doctorates from the University of Rochester in 1989, the State University of New York at Brockport in 1996,  St. Lawrence University, in Canton, New York in 1997, and the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden in 2012.

This sculpture is a result of the Percent For Arts Programs in San Francisco.

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