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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC32400 - Art In Public Places - Loan of Artwork - Big Big Root - Civic Center ParkContract No. C32400 CITY OF PALM DESERT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPORT REQUEST: CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED LOAN OF "BIG, BIG ROOT" SCULPTURE BY STEVE TOBIN FROM MELISSA MORGAN FINE ART AND STEVE TOBIN SUBMITTED BY: Deborah L. Schwartz, Public Art Coordinator APPLICANT: Melissa Morgan Fine Art 73040 El Paseo Palm Desert, CA 92260 DATE: November 15, 2012 CONTENTS: Images of "Big, Big Root" and Potential Pad Location Draft Agreement Steve Tobin's Resume Recommendation By Minute Motion: 1) Approve the proposed loan of artwork, "Big, Big Root", by Steve Tobin from Melissa Morgan Fine Art and Steve Tobin for placement in Civic Center Park for a duration of at least one (1) and up to two (2) years; 2) authorize the Mayor to execute loan agreement — funds for installation and maintenance are available in Account No. 436-4650-454-4001 — Capital Budget and Account No. 436-4650-454-3372 — Repairs and Maintenance Art in Public Places. Commission Recommendation At its regularly scheduled meeting of October 17, 2012, the Art in Public Places Commission was presented with the option of a loan of sculptures "Big Root" and "Big, Big Root" or just "Big, Big Root" by Steve Tobin from Melissa Morgan Fine Art and Steve Tobin for temporary placement in Civic Center Park. The Commission unanimously recommended the loan of "Big, Big Root". Background Melissa Morgan Fine Art and Steve Tobin approached the Public Art Division with a proposal to loan "Big Root", and "Big, Big Root", both sculptures by Steve Tobin, to the City for temporary display. Upon review of the proposal, staff determined that the sculpture(s) would be appropriate for placement on or near a vacant art pad in Civic Center Park. At its meeting, the Art in Public Places Commission recommended that the City accept only one of the sculptures, "Big, Big Root', for placement on the vacant pad. Upon further investigation, staff Contract No. C32400 Staff Report Proposed Loan of "Big, Big Root' November 15, 2012 Page 2 of 2 determined that the pad was not the appropriate size for the footprint of the sculpture and that it should be located elsewhere within the Park. A new site was located in an area of decomposed granite near the tot lot, which will allow enough room for the footprint of the sculpture. "Big, Big Root' is part of Steve Tobin's "Steel Roots" series, which exemplifies his work that often explores natural forms. The artist cites nature as his earliest influence, one that continues to inform his work. He is known for turning aspects of nature into sculpture. His work has been shown internationally at venues including the American Museum of Natural History; the Page Museum/La Brea Tar Pits and Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Carpe Diem Gallery, Paris; Retretti Art Center, Finland; and Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia. It is in the permanent collections of the American Craft Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Switzerland, among others. Fiscal Analysis Melissa Morgan Fine Art will be responsible for all costs related to delivery of the artwork to the installation site, with the exception of crane rental. Costs incurred by the City's Art in Public Places Fund will include crane rental, installation and eventual de -installation, and a plaque, all of which is estimated to cost less than $1,000.00. Additional costs will include as needed maintenance and insurance. The sculpture is valued at $320,000.00, and insurance costs will be nominal (estimated at less than $75 annually) or waived. Submitted By: Deborah L. Schwartz, Public Art Coordinator Department Head: Lauri Aylaian, Director of Commu Revi Paul S. Gibson, Director of Finance App John V. Wohlmuth, City Manager CITY COUNCILA ON APPROVED i DENIED REGEIVED OTHER AYES: NOES: / ABSENT: Iopr111 MIFIED BY: __.ls�'-���,_.__ Original on File with City C k's Office STEVE TOBIN - BIOGRAPHY Education 1979 B.S. Theoretical Mathematics, Tulane University, New Orleans LA Residencies and Teaching 1993 Triangle Artists' Workshop, Allentown PA 1989 Seguso Vetri d'Artes, Murano, Italy 1985-1986 Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Tokyo, Japan 1983-1984 Fellowship, Creative Glass Center of America, Wheaton Village, Millville NJ Seguso Vetri d'Artes, Murano, Italy 1982 Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA New York Experimental Glass Workshop (now called UrbanGlass: New York Center for Contemporary Glass), Brooklyn NY Solo Exhibitions and Installations 2011 Steve Tobin's Natural History, Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples FL Touching Earth & Sky, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, University of Minnesota, Chaska MN 2010 Steelroots, Morton Arboretum, Lisle IL 2009 Steelroots, public installation, Chicago IL 2008 Steelroots, Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami FL Weeds in the Garden, installation at Fordhook Farms/Burpee Seed Gardens, Doylestown PA Steelroots, Kouros Gallery, New York NY 2007 [Type text] Steelroots, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, part of 40 Years of Public Art Anniversary, New York NY (catalog) Cocoons, installation at Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia PA Steelroots, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco CA 2006 Steve Tobin Paintings, OK Harris Gallery, New York NY Exploded Earth, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona CA Steelroots, Kouros Sculpture Center, Ridgefield CT 2005 Trinity Root, permanent 9/11/2001 Memorial, Wall Street and Broadway, Trinity Wall Street Church, New York NY Steve Tobin Paintings, The Banana Factory, Bethlehem PA Earth Bronzes and New Nature, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay ME 2004 Roots, installation at Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis MO Roots, installation at Lincoln Park, Chicago IL 2003 Lantern House, Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME Earth Bronzes, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor ME 2002 Tobin's Naked Earth, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and George C. Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles CA (2002 — 2003) Lantern House, George Eastman House, Rochester NY 2001 Earth Bronzes, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA Earth Bronze Trilogy, Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 2000 Earth Bronzes, American Museum of Natural History, New York NY Earth Bronzes, Montefiore Park, West Harlem, New York NY 1999 Cocoons, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning NY 1998 Earth Bronzes, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton MA (catalog) Earth Bronzes, OK Harris Gallery, New York NY (catalog) Earth Bronzes, artetindustrie Gallery, New York NY (catalog) 1997 Broadway River, Broadway Windows, New York University, New York NY 1996 [Type text] Matzoh House, Gallery B.A.I., New York NY 1995 Steve Tobin: Reconstructions, Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA (catalog) Steve Tobin: Reconstructions, Peyton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe NM 1994 Steve Tobin, Sanske Galerie, Zurich Switzerland Steve Tobin, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton FL 1993 Steve Tobin at Retretti, Retretti Art Centre, Punkaharju, Finland (catalog) 1992 Steve Tobin Transformations: Three Installations in Glass, Wilson and Hall Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA (catalog) Steve Tobin, Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton FL 1990 Cocoons, Youens Gallery, Houston TX Steve Tobin, Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland 1989 Cocoons, Holsten Galleries, Palm Beach FL 1988 Steve Tobin: The Glass Garden, Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia PA (catalog) 1987 Dream Glass, Axis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Glass for Tea Ceremony, Tazawa Gallery, Kyoto, Japan 1986 Wheaton Ware, LaVaggi Gallery, New York NY Glasscapes, Glass Gallery, New York NY 1985 Steve Tobin, David Bernstein Gallery, Boston MA Manhattan Bowls, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia PA 1982 Glass Sculpture, Gallery 10, New York NY 1980 Glass Portraits, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans LA Glasscapes, Spring Street Enamels Gallery, New York NY [Type text] 1979 Sculptured Glass, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans LA Group Exhibitions and Installations 2008 Retrospective of the Permanent Collection, inaugural exhibition in the Museum of Art and Design (formerly American Craft Museum), 2 Columbus Circle, New York NY 2007 Shattering Glass: New Perspectives, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY (catalog) 2005 Earth Bronzes, installation in the park, Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton NJ (2005-2007) El Basque (The Forest), Federico Silva Sculpture Museum Park, San Luis Potosi, Mexico (traveling exhibition with catalog) 2000 Roots, Vancouver International Sculpture Project, Vancouver, Canada (catalog) Exploded Clay with Glass Riverbed, Americans in Venice Exhibition, American Craft Museum, New York NY (catalog) 1994 Waterworks, Palm Beach Community Museum, Palm Beach FL Group Exhibition, Robert Morris Gallery, New York NY Public Collections Museum of Art and Design, New York NY Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville PA Gratz College, Elkins Park PA Boca Raton Museum of Art, Mizner Park, Boca Raton FL The Sculpture Foundation Collection Lehigh University Museum of Art, Lehigh PA Moravian College, Bethlehem PA City of Calgary, Canada Florida International University, Miami FL Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville NJ Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Switzerland Selected Bibliography Exhibition Catalogues and Books [Type text] Barnes, Lisa Tremper. Steve Tobin: Reconstructions. Collegeville PA: Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, 1995. Koskinen, Ulla. Steve Tobin at Retretti. Punkaharju, Finland: Retretti Art Centre, 1993. Kuspit, Donald. Steve Tobin's Natural History. Manchester VT: Hudson Hills Press, 2003. Metzger, Robert P. Steve Tobin: Paintings. Bethlehem PA: ArtsQuest, 2005. Perreault, John. Earth Bronzes. Brockton MA: Fuller Museum of Art/New York NY: OK Harris Gallery and Art et Industrie, 1998. Princenthal, Nancy. Glass Installations. New York NY: American Craft Museum, 1993: 64. Young, Mark C. ed. "World's Largest Blown Glass Bottle." The Guinness Book of World Records, 1995 edition. London, England: Facts On File, 1994: 78-79. Print. Articles and Reviews Burklow, Jennifer. "Roots Are Showing." Chicago Sun -Times (Section W) 9 April 2010: 1. Cash, Stephanie. "Public Sculpture." Art in America Annual 2001-2002: 50. Print. Check, Erica. "Preserving a Bug's Life." Newsweek 6 November 2000: 73. Print. Clifford, Catherine. "Our Deepest Roots." New York Daily News 11 September 2005: 13. Print. Conlin, Michelle. "Sculptor Creates a Tribute to Victims of the Holocaust." Philadelphia inquirer (Section M) 6 November 1994: Print. Connors, Thomas. "Sculpting the Landscape." Town & Country Magazine April 2010: 56. Print. Crow, Kelly. "Not Quite Creatures from Outer Space." New York Times (Section B) 19 November 2000: 1. Print. Cotter, Holland. "Glass Sculptors Whose Work Transcends Craft." New York Times 18 June 1993. Print. Csaszar, Tom. "Steve Tobin: Reconstructions." Sculpture January 1996: 80-81. Print. Dibble, Susan. "Hidden Strength." Daily Herald of Chicago 7 April 2010: 1-2. Print. Feldman, Kathryn Levy. "The Material World of Steve Tobin." Inside Magazine Spring 1997: 47. Print. Fiedler, Konrad. "Bronze Sycamore Takes Root." The New York Sun 11 September 2005: 1. Print. _. "Steve Tobin: Steelroots Maquettes & Drawings." Gallery Guide November 2007: 94. Print. Genocchio, Benjamin. "Really? It's All Made of Glass?" New York Times (Section B) 30 December 2007: 1. Print. Glueck, Grace. "Gladly Glassy -Eyed at the American Craft Museum." New York Observer June 1993: Print. Goodale, Gloria. "The ROOTS of his ART." Christian Science Monitor 18 October 2002: 13. Print. Goodman, Jonathan. "Steve Tobin at Art et Industrie and OK Harris." Art in America September 1998: Print. Gross, Richard. "A House of Glass." Stained Glass Quarterly Summer 2002: 116-117. Print. Julian, Debbie. "Earth Bronzes." Gallery Guide New York Summer 1998: 17 and cover. Print. Kaplan, Michael. "Art Goes Alfresco." American Airlines' Celebrated Living Magazine Summer 2010: 42. Print. Kennedy, Randy. "Uprooted in the Attacks, Now Memorialized in Bronze." New York Times (Section B) 6 July 2005: 1-4. Print. King, Kelly. "The Natural." Philadelphia Magazine June 1999: 25. Print. Klein, Paul. "What a Beautiful Day for Outdoor Sculpture!" The Huffington Post (Culture Section) 8 April 2010. Web. Lawrence, Jenny. "Events in Nature." Natural History May 2001: 16. Print. Leffingwell, Ed. "Steve Tobin at OK Harris." Art in America June/July 2006. Print. Naedele, Walter F. "Artist Sees Nature's Secrets in Termite Hills." Philadelphia Inquirer 1 May 1998. Print. [Type text] "Ideas and Theatre." Ceramics Monthly March 2001: 59-63 and cover. Print. _. "The Murano Mystique." Glass 81 December 2000: 28-35. Print. _. "The Roots of Healing for Ground Zero." Philadelphia Inquirer (Section B) 18 July 2005: 1-6. Print. Porges, Maria. "Breaking the Rules of Glass." ArtToday 1 1990: 32-37. Print. _. "Glass Does Not Grow in the Forest." American Craft October/November 1990: 32-39. Print. Schmerler, Sarah. "New Art Sparks Parks." New York Post 13 November 2007: 1. Print. Sherman, Mary. "Tobin's Termite Hills Beg Us to Consider the World Anew." Boston Sunday Herald (Section A) 15 February 1998: 6. Print. Small, Michael. "Bronzed Beauties." People 29 June 1998: 65. Print. Smith, Roberta. "Creativity Overhead, Underfoot and Even in the Air." New York Times (Section E) 27 July 2001: 25. Print. Sorvig, Kim. "Art, Archaeology, and Landscape." Landscape Architecture April 2004: 26-35. Print. Sozanski, Edward. "The Art of Nature." Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine (Section F) 14 November 2000: 1. Print. Stemle, Lisa A. "World of Water." Palm Beach (FL) Sun -Sentinel (Section L) 29 April 1994: 1. Print. "Steve Tobin Debuts New Steelroots Series at The Morton Arboretum." artdaily.org 10 June 2010: Web. Temin, Christine. "Making Mountains Out of Termite Hills." Boston Globe (Section F) 31 January 1998: 1. Print. Tobin, Steve. "When the Unreal Becomes Real." Chronicle of Higher Education 13 November 1995: 76. Print. Torchia, Richard. "Steve Tobin: Glass and Environment." Neues Glas March 1989: 216-221 and cover. Print. Uslan, Rachel. "Termites and Roots, But It's No Problem." Los Angeles Times October 2002: 30-37. Print. Vaudour, Catherine. "Le Verre." Neues Glas February 1992: 65 and cover. Print. Wallach, Amei. "Back to Nature." Smithsonian Magazine June 2004: 124-129. Print. Warmus, Bill. "The Event Itself is the Only Truth." Sculpture March 2001: 30-37. Print. Zackowitz, Margaret G. "A Growing Remembrance." National Geographic August 2005: 29. Print. [Type text] STEVE TOBIN, "BIG, BIG ROOT": LOAN PROPOSAL FOR CITY OF PALM DESERT Melissa Morgan Fine Art. 73040 El Paseo, Palm Desert CA �R K Yl 1. 'wk 6 • jj , CXXXXXX AGREEMENT FOR TEMPORARY PUBLIC EXHIBITION OF SCULPTURE This Agreement is entered into this 15th day of November 2012, by and between the City of Palm Desert, California ("CITY"), Melissa Morgan Fine Art ("Gallery") and Steve Tobin ("ARTIST"), for display of an artwork entitled "Big, Big Root" (the "Sculpture") in the City of Palm Desert's Civic Center Park. RECITALS A. The Gallery and Artist desire to loan the Sculpture to the City for public display; and B. The Art in Public Places Commission and the Palm Desert City Council have approved a temporary exhibition of the Sculpture in a public place located in Civic Center Park ("Exhibition Site"). THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, including, without limitation, the mutual promises, conditions, and agreements set forth herein, the City, Gallery and Artist agree as follows: 1. Ownership Except as provided in Section 2, below, the Sculpture will remain the property of the Gallery or Artist. However, by virtue of this Agreement, City is entitled to possession, and the Gallery and Artist agree to relinquish possession of the Sculpture for the "Exhibition Period" described in Section 4, below. 2. Sale of Sculpture Gallery or Artist may sell the Sculpture during the term of this Agreement and, if sold, may assign his or her rights under this Agreement. However, under no circumstances shall sale of the Sculpture terminate this Agreement or adversely affect City's rights hereunder including, but not limited to, City's right of possession. Gallery or Artist shall notify City immediately upon sale of the Sculpture and include instruction regarding the party to whom the sculpture should be released. Regardless of sale, artwork must remain on its site for no less one (1) year and no more than two (2) years from the date of installation. Removal of the artwork from Exhibition Site is the sole 1 CXXXXXX financial responsibility of the City. The City must be notified at least two (2) weeks prior to removal in order to facilitate work orders for removal of the sculpture. 3. Reproduction Rights Gallery and Artist hereby grant City, in perpetuity, the right to photograph, film, videotape, or otherwise depict the Sculpture at any time during the Exhibition Period and to use such photographs, film, videotapes, or depictions at any time thereafter for purposes of promotion relating to the Exhibition or the City, provided that City gives artistic credit to the Artist concurrently with such uses. 4. Exhibition Period The "Exhibition Period" means a period during the approximate dates of XXXXX XX, 20XX, and ending on XXXXXX XX, 20XX. The Exhibition Period may be shortened or extended in duration by mutual agreement between Gallery, Artist, and City. Notwithstanding the foregoing, City reserves the right, in its sole discretion and with or without cause, to decline or terminate exhibition at any time. 5. Transportation, Installation, Maintenance, and Removal 5.1 Transportation of the Sculpture to and from the Exhibition Site shall be the responsibility of Galley or Artist. City shall bear the crane cost of removal of sculpture from current location and installation and removal at Exhibition Site. "Reasonable Cost" means those sums set forth in Attachment "A", which is attached hereto and incorporated by this reference. Gallery or Artist will be responsible for supplying a truck for transportation to Exhibition Site. Once the Sculpture is removed from the Exhibition Site, it is solely the responsibility of the Gallery or Artist. 5.2 During the Exhibition Period, City shall be responsible for the maintenance of the Sculpture. City shall take reasonable steps to utilize the maintenance procedures and/or methods described by Gallery or Artist and set forth on Attachment "A", which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, but City reserves the right to decline implementation of any or all, or any part thereof, of such procedures and/or methods if circumstances, including but not limited to considerations of cost, render such implementation unreasonable. In the event City declines to implement such procedures and/or E CXXXXXX methods, Gallery or Artist may undertake such procedures and/or methods at Gallery's or Artist's sole expense. 6. Liability for Damage or Injury 6.1 City shall insure the Sculpture against damage or loss in the amount of three hundred twenty thousand dollars and no/100ths ($320,000.00), which the parties agree is the fair market value of the Sculpture and the extent of the City's liability in the event of its damage or loss. 6.2 City's obligation to provide insurance is solely for the duration of the Exhibition Period and only while the Sculpture is located on City property. Gallery and Artist are responsible and liable for any damage or destruction that may occur during transportation of the Sculpture to and/or from the Exhibition Site, and during installation and during deinstallation if Gallery or Artist is performing the installation and deinstallation. 6.3 Gallery and Artist shall indemnify and hold City harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages, injuries, and/or liabilities, of any kind whatsoever, including reasonable attorneys fees and costs, arising out of or related to the transportation,, installation and/or deinstallation of the Sculpture if Gallery or Artist is performing the installation and deinstallation. Gallery and Artist shall further indemnify and hold City harmless from any and all claims, losses, damages, injuries and/or liabilities, of any kind whatsoever, including reasonable attorneys fees and costs, arising out of or related to defects of the Sculpture, faulty workmanship of the Artist, or any acts of negligence by Galley, Artist or Gallery or Artist's agents. 3 CXXXXXX 7. Entire Agreement This Agreement represents the entire Agreement between City, Gallery, and Artist and no other representations, whether oral, written or implied, have been made nor may be relied upon by either City, Gallery, or Artist. This Agreement may be modified only by writing made after the date of this Agreement and signed by both City and Artist. 8. Governing Law This Agreement is entered into in and shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. 9. Death of Artist In the event of Artist's death during the Exhibition Period, next of kin must contact City and provide name, address, and phone number of party who will be responsible for the sculpture for the remainder of the Exhibition. In the event of Gallery's closure, artwork will be returned to Artist at his sole expense. CITY OF PALM DESERT Mayor, City of Palm Desert ATTEST: Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk Dated: Dated: Ell ARTIST: Dated: Gallery [printed name and title] David J. Erwin, City Attorney 5 CXXXXXX ATTACHMENT A: Transportation, Installation, Maintenance, and Removal Methods and Associated Cost Artwork Transportation Installation/deinstallation coordinated and performed by City of Palm Desert. The City is responsible for the crane costs associated with removing Sculpture from its current location and placing it at Exhibition Site. Gallery or Artist is responsible for transporting Sculpture to Exhibition Site. Maintenance Requirements and Procedures Artist and Gallery specify maintenance procedures or methods to be followed by the City to maintain the artwork titled "Big, Big Root" as presented by Artist Steve Tobin. Specifics are as follows: L