TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Mark Leyman, Parks and Recreation Director
Martin Betz, Cultural Arts Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Approve the Acceptance and Placement Location of the Long Term Loan by Resident Warren Lichtenstein of Robert Indiana's "LOVE" Sculpture (Parks and Recreation Director Leyman).
a) APPROVE LONG-TERM LOAN
b) SELECT LOCATION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve: a) the acceptance of the long term loan by resident Warren Lichtenstein of Robert Indiana's "LOVE" sculpture, and b) placement of the sculpture at the middle of the South Pier parking lot on the bike path curve.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The fiscal impact of the project includes the transportation of the art work from its current location to the site ($5,000 crane service), the construction of a concrete pedestal to hold the artwork ($8,000), and refurbishment of the site including installation of new bike racks and lighting ($12,000). The estimated cost of the overall project is $25,000 which is available in the Public Art Trust Fund.
BACKGROUND:
Acquired in 2015 by Manhattan Beach resident Warren Lichtenstein, the sculpture "LOVE" by Robert Indiana has been offered to the City as a long term loan. The sculpture is currently being stored in Redondo Beach and will be transported to the site.
Born Robert Clark in Indiana, Robert Indiana took his native state's name after moving to New York in 1954, a gesture that presaged his pop-inspired fascination with Americana, signage, and the power of ordinary words. In his studio on Coenties Slip at the tip of Manhattan, Indiana made assemblages of scrap materials and found objects, using stencils to introduce words into his art. By the early 1960s he was creating eye-popping paintings of text, numbers, and symbols that related to the hard-edge abstraction of the day,...
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