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A Resolution approving the concept and donation of a public artwork titled "Coral Carpet" by R & R Studios to be sited in Balboa Plaza in conjunction with 735 and 743 Almeria Avenue 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: 4 to 0, and the Cultural Development Board approval/denial vote: 7 to 0)
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MG Developer (the “Developer”) is constructing townhouses at 735 and 743 Almeria Avenue (the “Project”). The Developer has chosen the option of petitioning for a waiver of the Art in Public Places Fee requirement by commissioning and donating artwork as specified in the Zoning Code, Article 3, Division 21.
The Developer selected Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt of R & R Studios (the “Artist”) to proceed with a concept design proposal for the artwork. Behar and Marquardt received their Diplomas in Architecture from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario in Argentina. Behar has been a visiting artist at the Getty Research Center in Los Angeles and received a Visual Arts Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, Cornell, the University of Maryland, and is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami's School of Architecture. R & R Studios has created award winning landmark projects in Miami, Denver, Austin, and Phoenix, among others and their work has received numerous awards including recognition by Americans for the Arts as one of the best public art projects of 2007 and 2013.
The Developer is proposing donation of a commissioned inlaid terrazzo piece, Coral Carpet, conceived to complement and enhance the commissioned and donated sculptural sofa A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Balboa Plaza. Coral Carpet completes the sense of an outdoor living room at Balboa Plaza and is constructed of unpolished terrazzo inlaid with pre-cast terrazzo elements.
Conceptually, Coral...
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