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CITY OF PALM DESERT
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: RECEIVE AND FILE INFORMATIONAL REPORT ON
SCULPTURES AWILDA AND LAURA BY JAUME PLENSA
PROPOSED FOR INSTALLATION IN THE FAYE SARKOWSKY
SCULPTURE GARDEN IN THE PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM
IN PALM DESERT LOCATED AT 72-567 HIGHWAY 111
SUBMITTED BY: Deborah Schwartz, Management Analyst
DATE: August 28, 2014
CONTENTS: Artwork Images and Dimensions
Jaume Plensa Biography
Recommendation
By Minute Motion: Receive and file informational report on sculptures
Awilda and Laura by Jaume Plensa proposed for installation in the Faye
Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden in the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm
Desert. No further action is required at this time.
Commission Recommendation
At its meeting of July 23, 2014, the Art in Public Places (AIPP) Commission approved
with a vote of 6-0-0, Commissioner Blalock absent, to receive and file the report.
Backqround
As part of the lease agreement between the City of Palm Desert and the Palm Springs
Art Museum in Palm Desert, the Museum has created a sculpture garden in the Faye
Sarkowsky Sculpture Gardens at the Eric Johnson Memorial Gardens, which are
adjacent to the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert. To date, the Museum has
placed nine (9) sculptures in the gardens, and an additional four (4) sculptures have
been reviewed by City Council for future installation in the gardens.
The Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert is proposing to add Awilda and Laura,
two (2) basalt sculptures by renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, to the collection at
the Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden. Although City Council is not required to
approve or deny this item; the lease agreement stipulates that artwork has to be
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Staff Report
Informational Staff Repot - PSAM in Palm Desert Sculptures
August 28, 2014
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reviewed by City Council before being installed in the Faye Sarkowsky Memorial
Gardens.
Fiscal Analvsis
As per the lease agreement, the City is responsible for costs associated with the
transportation, installation, and removal of the sculptures. The City is also required to
pay the Museum a onetime honorarium per sculpture. Appropriation of the funds
needed to install and maintain these sculptures will be the subject of a future report and
request for Council action.
Submitted By: CITY COIJNCILACT,iON
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Deborah L Schwartz, Management Analyst AYEs:$�. r�iK,�p�eaet_ W�ber, anntr
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SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Jaume P(�nsa.born rs Barce{ona in 1955
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�ram 198f�wiCh his first exhlbition in 8z,rc�Ecma€�:it.it tuciay,he fias livcci and�vorf,ed in Ci�r4i��,Bra�sels,En�ianr',France,115a,ar�d hr•currtri�tly sF��r�s hi:�
re>idenee betweei�Paris and Barcetai�a.
Ne has heen a teacher at.t.he��cote Nati�nale des Beaux��Arts in Paris and has also t�c t�r;a i�:cturer at i;��ny c;��iversit�Ps arrd art insEit.u:ians.He cc;EiakluratF�s as
�aroFc ssor invited at;he ScFor�!c�F the Art In�t.it.�it+�of Chir.agcr.
S:nee t992 I��has abtai:�Pd varin„s c<istinctians and awards,h«t(t naYional atEd irtterna[ioi�a(,«c�tal�ty�his investiture as a Cheva(ier cles Arts et des t.etires hV U�e
�rench Mirti.�;try af f..ottiE�'e{F�aris, 1493},tt<e?datirxna!C.utture Award fnr P!as�ic i�>rts of tf�e Goverrrment c�f Catalonia if3arc.etona, 1�19'7),Hc�rorary Doc.tora?e fr«n�i
the Schaai af tli�f.rt I��stit�rte of CFicagc�fChica�<�,20Q5},tl�e Mas!<Award t�r Pubtic Sc��i}�ti.n G ILt�ndon,20�9},tl�e�'�atic�i3a!r�waE'd fior 1}tasiic Arts tr��;�dr:d,
2012},ar�cl mc�st recentfy, t]}e Natio€ial Award for Gra��hic.Arts 7013{Madrtci,20t 3y
liis sculp�uEal wnrk has gone ti�rr,u4uh severai sta;es tlevetoped(ar�ePy with rFa.iPer�tioi�matenals,ir«n,bronze,coo��er,...I��1�386,he startecJ a sertes c�f cast
iran sculptur��,tnei2 12e€i�ct�rporaTed 1i;��i ancl relief wriCren tex[.Recent€y l,is n��lki��g materi��t4 have been s,+ntheCic resin,gl�ss,�tabas£er,Ealastic,li�ht,
vicleu ai�d snund.Ne afs�I�as a targF�iroci€.�cT.ion af v:a ks nn��aper a�2c1 etchiizos.
F3esicle his�;cu(ptura[ozi.ivre li�is c:otE�sbo�at�r;ofteii workin�c�n sta�e des;gn aiie9 c�i,tu:�ies(or opera a��c!theatre praclucti:�ns.
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recently, Wonderdarai�in tl�e city oi Cal;ary,Cariacia.Curre��t(y he is exl�ibiting in tl�e c.ity of l2cxde�ux.
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Awilda by Jaume Plensa
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