The sculptor is Steven Zaluski, and he's well-known and well-represented in contemporary American sculpture. He was in town for Art Basel/Art Miami, and he had this piece with him. Do you picture this sculpture at the entrance to the Recreation Center, or some place else in the Village?
The piece was priced at $12K. Steve will sell it, in fact has sold it, to me and Chuck Ross for $6K. Here's what we'd like to do with it. We'd like to have any and all Village residents who like this sculpture, and would like the Village to keep it, reimburse us. We'd like enough reimbursement that each of us would pay a normal share of the total cost. If every house in the Park, including Chuck's and mine, donated $5, we'd each have paid $5, and the Village keeps the sculpture. If half the houses donated $10, or a quarter donated $20, or a tenth of us donated $50 per house...
If not many people are interested, or not many people have $5-$50 to donate for public art, then Chuck and I will sell the piece to someone else to get our $6K, or more, back. Neither of us feels like making a $3000 donation right now.
Let me know, or let Chuck know, that you would like to contribute and what your maximum contribution would be. Don't give anyone any money yet. We just want to see if this can work. If it can, we'll let you know, and then you can pony up. Part of this project working is that the Commission would agree to accept this piece for the Village, if the piece was offered. That question will be asked at the January 7 meeting. If the Commission agrees, Chuck and I will try to arrange that the sculpture will be displayed in front of the recreation center, so we can all "live with it" for about six months, to see if people like it enough to pay for it.
This opportunity is unrelated to the other impending campaign, to acquire the Lueza "Tower of Seasons." We are also awaiting delivery of Lorenson's "Red Headlong," which I'm told we should expect in January.
I think it's a great piece for the rec center, and would happily contribute $5-$50 to make Biscayne Park a MORE unique and desirable place to live. Thanks for your hard work. Brad
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I love the piece for somewhere near the rec center. I would hope we could get more than 60 households to contribute but, if not you can count on us for up to $100. If we could get a public art budget I would love to be on a public art committee.
I like the sculpture. I think it looks like a soccer player and would look great at the rec. center. I will make a conservative donation to the cause.
I really love the art work in this article. I would happily donate $20.00 - $ 50.00 towards this sculpture. It would be a great piece for the rec center.
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