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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBeautiful Riff (Jazz Trio) 12.21µ„ City of Carmel Carmel Public Art Advisory Committee (CPAAC) Art Installation Proposal to CPAAC Original Submission Date: 12/7/2021 Intake Form Updated: Intake Form Updated: Intake Form Updated: Proposed Public Art Information: Title: Beautiful Riff Artist: J. Seward Johnson Medium: Bronze, life -scale sculptures Artist Location: The Seward Johnson Atelier, 14 Fairgrounds Road, Suite A, Hamilton, NJ 08619 Cost: $276,000.00 Dimensions: Life -scale Breakdown: Jack Teagarden, Trombone, $92,000 Louie Armstrong, Trumpet, $92,000 Sidney Bechet, Soprano Sax, $92,000 Anticipated Maintenance Required, Schedule and Cost: As needed; Street Dept. has been trained in routine maintenance and repair of the J. Seward Johnson sculptures Was this specific art installation competitively bid? No Has this specific art been through all required city ordinance/department review and complied? (For ex., signage or engineering ordinances) Yes X No Is there a need for city legal review? Yes X No If so, what was the outcome and date? Contract will be prepared Proposed Public Art Location: Location: On the sidewalk of Carter Green, south side of Palladium Modifications Needed to Location (including pedestals and hardscape): None Statement supporting chosen art, artist and location: The City of Carmel has an extensive collection of J. Seward Johnson sculptures. The Beautiful Riff Jazz Trio has been on loan since 2016 and complements The Center for the Performing Arts. The Carmel Redevelopment Commission will be acquiring the artwork for the city's collection. Please submit photo or sketch of proposed art, artist bio, and location photo along with any plans for area around location if changing. Attached Rev. 4.18.21 THIS PAGE TO BE COMPLETED BY SUBMITTER Please also provide information and pictures or sketch of other art considered for this location including artist bios. N/A Submitter Information: Name/Title/Department: Sharon Kibbe Phone Number: 317-571-2483 Executive Office Manager, Mayor's Office Contact Information for More Information: Name/Title/Department: Henry Mestetsky Phone Number: 317-571-2493 Executive Director, Carmel Redevelopment Commission Contact is highly encouraged to attend next CPAAC meeting to discuss this submission. Meetings are held third Tuesday of each month at 7PM in the City Hall Caucus Room Received by CPAAC by: Date Received: Carmel Public Art Advisory Committee (CPAAC) Feedback Part 1. General Information Meeting Date: Proposal representative present: Is submission complete? Yes No If not, what other information is needed? Part 2. Feedback and Vote -Whether the City should Acquire the Public Art A. CPAAC individual member vote on whether the City should acquire the public art: Yes No Abstain Not Present B. Full CPAAC recommendation on acquisition of public art based upon member vote: Support_ Undecided Does Not Support_ C. CPAAC Comments from Carmel Public Art Discussion Points (below*): Rev. 4.18.21 THIS PAGE TO BE COMPLETED BY CPAAC Part 3. Feedback and Vote — Location of Public Art A. CPAAC individual member vote on proposed location: Acceptable _ Not Acceptable _ Abstain Not Present B. Full CPAAC recommendation on proposed location of public art based upon member vote: Support _ Undecided Does Not Support C. CPAAC Comments as to proposed location: *Carmel Public Art Discussion Points Artist • Background/Resume • Vision Statement • Currently in Carmel collection or new • Fine arts foundry or fabrication studio utilized Art Features • Medium/style/size • Longevity/timelessness • Thematic or stand alone Impact on Residents, Visitors, and Businesses • Reinforce city image/brand • Enhance residential quality of life • Encourage economic development • Improve visitor experience • Strengthen sense of place (historical and cultural ties) • Reflect core values • Inspire, educate, engage Other • Cost • City communications plan • Expressed public input and/or anticipated public response • Maintenance plan and budget • Address/Fulfill a need(s) Rev. 4.18.21 THIS PAGE TO BE COMPLETED BY CPAAC Final Resolution on Proposal by City of Carmel: Date Resolution Entered: Rev. 4.18.21 THIS PAGE TO BE COMPLETED BY CPAAC k )Lit 41, El 4 FIN K9, 12f7/21, 3:27 PM About Seward Johnson I Seward Johnson Atelier 4fSEWARD Q JOHNSON ATE L I E R ABOUT SEWARD JOHNSON 12f7/21, 3:27 PM About Seward Johnson I Seward Johnson Atelier 12/7/21, 3:27 PM About Seward Johnson I Seward Johnson Atelier https://me rdjohnsonatelier.org[biogmphy/ 3/5 12/7/21, 3:27 PM About Seward Johnson I Seward Johnson Atelier SEWARD JOHNSON Following an early career as a painter, Seward Johnson turned his talents to the medium of sculpture. Since then, more than 450 of Johnson's life-size cast bronze figures have been featured in private collections and museums in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, as well as prominent places in the public realm such as Times Square and Rockefeller Center in New York City, Pacific Place of Hong Kong, Les Halles in Paris, and Via Condotti in Rome. Seward Johnson initially became widely known for his sculptures depicting people engaged in every day activities. Johnson's desire to highlight the mundane in his Celebrating the Familiar sculpture series has brought a unique voice to the world of art in public spaces. https://sewardjohnsonatelier.org/biography/ 4/5 1217/21, 3:27 PM About Seward Johnson I Seward Johnson Atelier The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. introduced Johnson's Impressionist -inspired series entitled Beyond the Frame with a spectacular solo museum exhibition. This body of work, consisting of elaborate tableaux that allow viewers to walk into the scenes of familiar Impressionist and Post -Impressionist paintings, went on to New York's Nassau County Museum, Jacksonville Florida's Cummer Museum of Art, and the Museum of Art & History at the Custom House in Key West. The show is continuing to tour museums throughout the U.S. Seward Johnson's most recent series, Icons Revisited, asks provocative questions concerning our society's embrace of particular visual icons, and their impact and shift of message over time. Concurrent to this third body of work, Johnson has begun to enlarge a select few sculptures into monumental scale for placement in the public domain. To date these twenty to thirty foot tall presences have been on view, or been purchased for permanent display, at the City of Palm Springs, Sarasota Florida's Season of Sculpture, the Port of San Diego, Rome's International Sculpture Biennale, the Museum of Caen in Normandy, France, Australia's Bendigo Art Gallery, and numerous cities in the US and abroad. Johnson is often recognized for his most dramatic work The Awakening, a giant aluminum sculpture, which sprawls in breadth, across an expanse of seventy feet. For many years at the National Park's Hains Point in Washington, D.C., the piece is currently sited along the Potomac River at National Harbor. This work was profiled in LIFE magazine, Time Magazine and has become a `must see' destination in the nation's capital. Additional castings of this work are now installed in Chesterfield, Missouri, and the city Viterbo, Italy. In recent years, Seward Johnson's monumental scale sculptures have captured the attention of the international media and a global audience. Among these is the twenty-six foot tall Forever Marilyn with her skirt blowing upwards, defying the stainless steel and aluminum materials. This sculpture debuted along Chicago's Michigan Avenue, and then gathered crowds in Palm Springs, California. One of the Marilyns went on exhibition with the municipal museum in the state of Victoria, Australia at the Bendigo Art Gallery in the spring of 2016. Displays in China and elsewhere are on the calendar for the film legend's larger -than -life homage. "Perhaps Seward Johnson is most renowned for Embracing Peace (formerly titled Unconditional Surrender), his iconic "kiss" sculpture, which depicts the moment in Times Square when the sailor and nurse spontaneously rejoiced in celebration at the conclusion of World War II. The exhibition history of Seward Johnson's work includes the Galleria Ca D'oro of Piazza di Spagna in Rome, the cities of Berlin and Hannover, Germany, Oxford, England, the RW Norton Art Museum, the Knoxville Museum of Art, an eight city tour of Brazil, numerous World's Fairs and Olympics celebrations, the island of Sardinia, Italy, The Dubuque Museum of Art, the cities of Lisbon, Portugal, Madrid, Spain and Yale University. Corporate collectors include the Nike Corporation, Dial/Viad, the Commerz Bank, as well as myriad hospitals and universities. Pieces are held in private and municipal collections in such distant locations as Istanbul, Turkey, the Ukraine, Sydney, Australia, Monte Carlo and Osaka, Japan. Johnson has long been considered one of the most widely recognized sculptors of our time. He was invited by an international arts committee to mount a monumental work for the G20 Summit of world leaders that took place in Sicily. Exhibitions and placements occurring this year and next will include Capri, Italy, Amsterdam, Albany, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as an eighteen sculpture exhibit on view along New York's Broadway. Seward Johnson's impact on the world of sculpture has not been limited to his personal artwork, and includes the founding of The Johnson Atelier and the founding of the spectacular Grounds For Sculpture. Inducted in 2014 into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, the artist regularly adds works to all of his series, and invents intriguing new chapters of his oeuvre. At 85, Seward Johnson continues to create increasingly memorable works for the public realm. Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions ©202i The Seward Johnson Atelier. Inc I ALL Rights Reserved I Phone: 310 264 2400 info sewardjohnsonatetierorg https://sewardjohnsonatelier.org/biography/ 5/5