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A Resolution of the City Commission approving the concept and commissioning of a work of public art by Alberto Cavalieri in conjunction with the JQ Group development project at 719 Biltmore Way, in fulfillment of the Art in Public Places requirement for public art in private development (unanimously recommended by the Arts Advisory Panel approval/denial vote: 7 to 0; unanimously recommended by the Cultural Development Board approval/denial vote: 6 to 0).
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The JQ Group (the “Developer”) is constructing a development project, at 719 Biltmore Way (the “Project”). The Developer has chosen the option of petitioning for a waiver of the Art in Public Places Fee requirement by commissioning and installing artwork as specified in the Zoning Code, Article 9, Section 9-103 B.
After an internal review of qualified artists, the development team selected and commissioned the artist Alberto Cavalieri to design proposed artwork for the Project, resulting in the piece, “Anemoscopic.”
Background of Artist:
Alberto Cavalieri is an artist recognized for his architectural interventions and large-scale works in public places. He continues to redefine the cultural environment through monumental works that capture the relationship between humanity and nature.
Cavalieri is interested in the physical and mechanical aspects of objects and the three-dimensional forms they take. His work focuses on challenging physical laws and a sense of logic, in bending and transforming materials to create the impression that the works are not man-made.
“I create sinuous, contorting steel forms that outline spaces in an organic way; forms that can be easily tied together amalgamate with architecture and seem, at times, to be levitating. I like the idea that my pieces enter a complex dialogue with the spaces they occupy and create off-rhythms that unsettle the horizontal and vertical order we presuppose with our Cartesian conception of space.”
Alberto Cavalieri’s work has bee...
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