Carlsbad Sculpture Garden
ANOTHER GLANCE: CELEBRATING 25 YEARS IN THE GARDEN 2021 to 2022
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Special thank you to all of the talented artists featuring their sculptures in the Another Glance: Celebrating 25 Years in the Garden exhibition in the Carlsbad Sculpture Garden. The city is proud to highlight such an array of impressive artwork by local, regional and national artist over the past 25 years. Thank you to all staff at the Georgina Cole Library who open and close the Sculpture Garden daily. And, thanks to the librarians who helped develop the resource section found on page 30. We greatly appreciate this support. We’d also like to thank the city’s Cultural Arts Instructors who developed the content and accompanying coloring pages for all ages to enjoy!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS About the Carlsbad Sculpture Garden..................................... 5 Site Map............................................................................................... 6 Welcome ............................................................................................. 7 Artist, Diana Markessinis, 1........................................................... 8 Artist, John Dupree, 2................................................................... 10 Artists, Leslie and Paul Wilton, 3................................................ 12 Artist, Elon Ebanks, 4..................................................................... 14 Artist, David Beck-Brown, 5........................................................ 16 Artist, Deanne Sabeck, 6.............................................................. 18 Artist, Neal Bociek, 7......................................................................20 Artist, Jeffery Laudenslager, 8....................................................22 Artist, Christopher Lee, 9............................................................. 24 Scavenger Hunt..............................................................................26 Word Search.....................................................................................27 Art Terms...........................................................................................28 Carlsbad City Library Resources................................................30
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Artist: Paul Hobson Title: Caballeros Gates Medium: Metal Date installed: 1998 4
ABOUT THE CARLSBAD SCULPTURE GARDEN • Open hours are Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Located at 2955 Elmwood Street, Carlsbad, 92008. The entrance is just east of the Smerdu Community Garden on Laguna Drive • Admission is always free
TOURS ARE AVAILABLE Here’s an exciting opportunity to experience an interactive and informative tour of Another Glance: Celebrating 25 Years in the Garden, led by a knowledgeable arts educator from the city’s Cultural Arts Office. Flexible options in tour length and group size are available. Tours are open to all ages. Tours in Spanish are also available by request. Families:
E njoy an outdoor excursion together in a beautiful garden setting of natural fauna and flora with exciting contemporary art.
Teachers:
Create a tour that aligns with the needs of your class and curriculum.
Community Groups:
ere’s your next field trip which is certain to inspire a lively conversation H about modern art.
If you are interested in scheduling a guided tour, please register at: carlsbadconnect.org For larger groups and tours in Spanish, please contact the Cultural Arts Office at 442-339-2090.
MORE INFORMATION To receive our monthly Cultural Arts enews, go to: carlsbadca.gov/arts and click on the “Email Signup” box. Visit the city’s Cultural Arts Office carlsbadca.gov/arts Contact Cultural Arts at 442-339-2090
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CARLSBAD SCULPTURE GARDEN CELEBRATES 25 YEARS It’s hard to believe that the city’s Sculpture Garden has been open for the past 25 years! When I started as a part-time arts instructor with the City of Carlsbad’s Cultural Arts Office 21 years ago, I was impressed with the vast amount of arts programs offered to the community. Now, I manage the city’s public art collection with new projects and maintain our permanent works. Additionally, I coordinate new temporary public art experiences, like this exhibit . . . and I’m thrilled. I’m drawn to clean architectural lines with a minimalistic approach, but I can also appreciate the beauty in organically inspired lines and shapes. Another Glance: Celebrating 25 Years in the Garden showcases artwork with both aesthetic sensibilities. Over 25 years, the city’s Sculpture Garden has exhibited works by 50 different artists. This exhibit showcases nine sculptures by artists (mostly) based in San Diego County, and each with an abundance of talent to highlight so close to home.
FEATURED ARTISTS: David Beck-Brown (La Mesa) Neal Bociek (Spring Valley) John Dupree (Vista) Elon Ebanks (Vista) Jeffery Laudenslager (Encinitas) Christopher Lee (La Mesa) Diana Markessinis (Oakland) Deanne Sabeck (Encinitas) Leslie Wilton (Escondido) Paul Wilton (Escondido) The city is proud to highlight such an array of impressive artwork by local, regional and national artists over the past 25 years. The space has been refreshed and is a place to be contemplative and inspired. Every time I visit, I experience something new. Our gates are open for all to enjoy!
Tonya C. Rodzach Public Art Coordinator Cultural Arts Office City of Carlsbad 7
Diana Markessinis’ sculpture, Kaktos, original term for cactus, was inspired by the Cholla cactus. The Cholla is a fuzzy cactus that sheds its texture and turns into a beautiful skeleton underneath it all. Markessinis describes the skeletal form of the Cholla cactus as being beautifully strong where everything is connected all in one network. She chose to create this sculpture using a pipe-and-tube welding technique which results in two tall cylindrical forms that stand strong and casts beautiful shadows.
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1 Diana Markessinis Kaktos Steel 2020
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John Dupree is a self-taught artist with a strong background in welding. Dupree is inspired by working with various types of metals and found objects. Breaking Away was created using found objects, bicycle wheels, that were to be discarded from a local bike shop. Dupree elected to repurpose these wheels by layering the circular shapes and welding them together to create an interesting composition. The title Breaking Away comes from a 1970s movie, by the same title, which a high school graduate was determined to leave his small town where he grew up and to overcome any challenge, then became obsessed with Italian cycling. Dupree focused on shape and line, connecting to rhythm and balance within his piece, breaking out from a traditional rectangular frame.
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2 John Dupree Breaking Away Metal, found objects 2019
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Art has always been a part of the Wilton’s lives, from the inception until today. Leslie
and Paul Wilton believe that you can
use anything to create a work of art. Old rusty metal tends to be more exciting to the Wilton’s than new, pristine pieces of metal.
Deep Ocean was inspired by an associate of Paul’s who would go out to film squids. Deep Ocean was sculpted with an oceanic, nautical theme, emphasized with the large bell in the center that makes a deep nautical sound when struck.
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3 Leslie Wilton Paul Wilton Deep Ocean New and reclaimed metal 2014
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Elon Ebanks is inspired by nature. The movement and natural flow of tree branches, clouds passing by...Peace Dove resulted from a lot of years in the making. Ebanks created Peace Dove to resemble two doves moving swiftly through the sky. The title seemed fitting. Ebanks created this sculpture using a half-inch dish steel. The mill finish is the surface textured finish of metal after it rolls through the mill resulting in the gently curved sculptural shapes. Ebanks’ sculpture has a rhythmic order with the use of repetition of lines that have a gradual flow, similar to what you see in nature.
4 Elon Ebanks Peace Dove Milled Steel 2018
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David Beck-Brown draws inspiration from his former life as a dancer when creating his sculptures. His sculpture ELECTRA exemplifies movement with use of expressive lines made out of monochrome steel. ELECTRA has the spark and electricity with this piece demonstrating the push and pull within this singular work of art. Beck-Brown describes this sculpture being “on pointe.” In ballet, dancers moving gracefully on the tips of their toes are on pointe, as you can see the same with ELECTRA.
5 David Beck-Brown ELECTRA Steel 1995
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Deanne Sabeck designs and fabricates beautiful kinetic light sculptures that are activated by wind and light.
Heliotrope III is made of stainless steel and dichroic glass allowing light and shadow to transform her sculpture. Dichroic glass displays one of two different colors depending on lighting conditions. In Sabeck’s piece, there are hints of blue and green tones and then next glimpse, there are pinks, oranges and some hints of yellows. Sabeck draws inspiration from nature, floral shapes and colors, and is drawn to beautifully curved helix shape.
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6 Deanne Sabeck Heliotrope III Stainless steel and dichroic glass 2017
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Neal Bociek was heavily influenced by his experiences that took place in his childhood years. Bociek grew up in Westport, Massachusetts near the Atlantic island river that flows out of the ocean, where he spent a lot of time boating. Bociek’s sculpture Seafarer shows off the blue tones with the living green elements, while portraying a whimsical mix of oceanic movement. Within Seafarer there are waves crashing at the top, the hull and keel from the boat, to the center anchor demonstrating that sculptures have a form of storytelling within them.
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7 Neal Bociek Seafarer Steel, aluminum and plants 2019
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Jeffery Laudenslager creates kinetic sculptures that consists of geometric shapes which are joined and balanced, so that wind alone will activate them. BioBa was created to serve as a model for a larger commissioned work for a biotech company in San Diego. BioBa was inspired by the number 8, a special number in the Chinese culture, meaning wealth or fortune. BioBa shifts and changes its appearance and captures new frames in time depending on the gusts of wind coming through the garden.
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8 Jeffery Laudenslager BioBa Stainless steel and titanium 2019
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Christopher Lee’s design process is initially driven by materials and tools, then the concept evolves. The title, Scion, has a double meaning, “a young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one for grafting” and “a descendent of a noble family.” Lee pulls inspiration from the materials to define the visual storyline of this piece, as “growing a great dynasty from a small beginning.” The top portion of Scion is a limb of a salvaged citrus tree, which then was shaped, cut and reshaped to then continue their growth together. The limb’s metallic reflection comes from hundreds of copper nails driven into the wood.
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9 Christopher Lee Scion Laser-cut steel, glass, wood and copper 2005
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SCAVENGER HUNT
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Find the kinetic sculptures (sculptures that move)!
Name the sculptures.
Count how many circles that you see!
Write down how many.
Which sculptures were inspired by the ocean?
Write down the title of each piece you find.
What colors do you see?
List each color.
Which sculpture incorporates plant life?
Write down the title of each piece you find.
Find the tallest sculpture!
Write down the title of the piece.
How many sculptures have glass?
Write down how many.
Find the oldest and newest sculptures.
List the titles and year made.
Name the artist who created Peace Dove.
Write down the artist’s name.
Which sculpture was created by two artists?
Write down the title of the piece.
WORD SEARCH
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Geometric Shapes
Kinetic Art
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Abstract Art
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Reflection
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Seafarer
Heliotrope
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Kaktos
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ART Terms ABSTRACT ART: to separate or withdraw something from something else; the term can be applied to art that is based on an object, figure or landscape, where forms have been simplified or schematized and is also applied to art that uses forms, such as geometric shapes or gestural marks, which have no source at all in an external visual reality BREAKAWAY: (in cycling): breakaway, or break in short, is when a small group of riders or an individual have successfully opened a gap ahead of the pack or group of riders CONCEPTS: ideas, thoughts, schemata; art arising out of conceptual experimentation that emphasizes making meaning through ideas rather than through materiality or form DESIGN: application of creativity to planning the optimal solution to a given problem and communication of that plan to others DICHROIC GLASS: glass which displays one of two different colors depending on lighting conditions; one dichroic material is a modern composite non-translucent glass that is produced by stacking layers of glass and micro-layers of metals or oxides which give the glass shifting colors depending on the angle of view, causing an array of colors to be displayed as an example of thin-film optics FOUND OBJECT: the use of man-made or natural objects not normally considered traditional art materials; found objects are transformed by changing meaning from their original context; the objects can be used singly or in combination (e.g., assemblage or installation) GEOMETRIC SHAPES: shapes made out of points and lines including the triangle, square and circle HELIOTROPE: a plant cultivated for its fragrant purple or blue flowers which are used in perfume HELIX: a shape like a corkscrew or spiral staircase and is a type of smooth space curve with tangent lines at a constant angle to a fixed axis KAKTOS: the word “cactus” is derived through Latin from the Ancient Greek κάκτος (kaktos), a name used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant, which may have been the cardoon KINETIC ART: art that depends on motion for its effects and means relating to motion LINE: a point moving in space where its length is greater than its width; lines can be two or three dimensional, implied or abstract and different types of lines include continuous, broken, jagged, vertical, horizontal or diagonal MATERIALS: substances out of which art is made or composed, ranging from the traditional to “nonart” material and virtual, cybernetic and simulated materials
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MEDIA: mode(s) of artistic expression or communication; material or other resources used for creating art MONOCHROME: one color, so in relation to art, a monochrome artwork is one that includes only one color ORGANIC SHAPES: irregular and imperfect shapes that are slightly different from one another; they are often curved and flowing and can seem unpredictable PROPORTION: refers to the dimensions of a composition and relationships between height, width and depth REFLECTION: act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way SCALE: refers to the overall physical size of an artwork or objects in the artwork SCION: a young shoot or twig from a plant, a descendant of a notable family SCULPTURE: three-dimensional art made by one of four basic processes: carving, modelling, casting or constructing SCULPTURE GARDEN: a sculpture garden or sculpture park is an outdoor garden dedicated to the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings SEAFARER: a person who regularly travels by sea; a sailor SHADOW: a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface SUBJECT: refers to the main idea that is represented in the artwork THEME: a broad idea or a message conveyed by a work of art VISUAL ELEMENTS: stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate; the seven most common elements include line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value
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CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY RESOURCES Outdoor Sculpture PRINT Book Title: Niki de Saint Phalle: my art, my dreams Call Number: 730.92 SAI Oversize (Dove Library)
DIGITAL The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (San Marino, California) huntington.org/collections-american-sculpture Explore over three hundred years of outdoor sculpture ranging from Classical to Contemporary, at The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens. The UC San Diego Stuart Collection (San Diego, California) stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/artist/index.html Features one-of-a-kind sculptures by leading artists of our time. The site-specific sculptures that comprise the Stuart Collection each have a unique story to tell. The collection, created in 1981, is designed to enrich the cultural, intellectual and scholarly life of the campus and community May S. Marcy Sculpture Court and Garden (San Diego, California) sdmart.org/may-s-marcy-sculpture-garden Behind the Sculpture Court is the May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden. The garden features lush landscaping and picturesque views of the California Tower and San Diego sunsets and is abundant with twentieth-century sculptures. Queen Califia’s Magical Circle Garden (Escondido, California) escondido.org/queen-califias-magical-circle Inspired by California’s mythic, historic and cultural roots, the garden consists of nine large-scale sculptures, a circular “snake wall” and maze entryway, sculpturally integrated bench seating, and native shrubs and trees planted within the interior plaza and along the outer perimeter. The garden bears the brilliant, unique mosaic ornamentation that is an unmistakable part of Niki de Saint Phalle’s later work.
Sculpture Gardens Around the World PRINT Book Title: Chihuly : New York Botanical Garden Call number: 748.2092 CHI Oversize (Dove Library)
DIGITAL National Gallery of Art nga.gov/collection/sculpture-garden.html Explore the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, which offers a relaxing setting in which to enjoy works of modern sculpture. Vigleland Park, Oslo, Norway https://theculturetrip.com/europe/norway/articles/vigeland-humanity-in-the-world-s-largest-sculpture-park/ This is the largest sculpture park by a single artist in the world, with more than 200 sculptures in bronze, granite and cast iron by acclaimed Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, whose realistic work represents the cycle of human life and all its emotions.
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Welding PRINT Book Title: Learn to weld: beginning MIG welding and metal fabrication basics Call number: 671.52 CHR (Cole and Dove Libraries) Book Title: Welding essentials : questions & answers Call number: 671.52 GALw (Cole Library)
DIGITAL eBook Title: Soldering, Brazing and Welding gutenberg.org/ebooks/52074
Sculpture (General) PRINT Book Title: 50 sculptures you should know Call number: 730 FIF (Dove Library) Book Title: Shaping the world: sculpture from prehistory to now 730.9 GOR New Books Oversize (Cole Library) Book Title: Sculpting in Copper Call number: 731.41 PRA New Books Oversize (Dove Library)
Mixed Media Three-Dimensional Artwork PRINT Book Title: The art of cardboard : big ideas for creativity, collaboration, storytelling, and reuse Call number: 745.54 ZIM (Dove Library) Book Title: 63 ready-to-use maker projects Call number: 025.5 SIX (Dove Library)
DIGITAL Article Title: “Three-dimensional art” by Glenda Lubiner from Gale In Context, High School database Article Title: “For a safe way to soak up some art, think three-dimensional” by Tamara Gane from Gale In Context, High School database
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