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Astronomy & Tides

The stainless steel wave elements reference the dramatic backwash (when the incoming wave meets the outgoing wave) that occurs just off the Woodrow cliffs beyond where the sculpture is sited. Ellipses and circles plotted and cut as negatives in the wave forms represent bodies in the night sky.  The geometric element is a nod to early computer-aided tide model projections.  The table on which the sculpture sits is California Craftsman, fabricated in steel.

A gift to the City from the artist,  David Kimball Anderson, Astronomy & Tides was installed thanks to assistance from the Parks Department and Keith Henderson (Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary).

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Poet’s Park

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Unity

A granite plaza and water feature, Unity was commissioned for the then-new Santa Cruz Police Department facility in 1998. The primary sculptural element references protective shields. The water jet within these shields represents the vitality and humanity of the people of Santa Cruz.

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Collateral Damage

“I am a sculptor who believes art is not merely a reflection of the world in which you live, but rather it is the sensitizer and the educator to the world. I see that as a responsibility of artists. But I think a lot of artists today don’t see it that way. There is too much emphasis, I believe, on decoration and not enough on meaning.”

- EA Chase, from an interview in Anvil Magazine, 1995

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In the Tides of Time

This site-specific sculpture consists of four shell forms or “seed boats” and a round form. These five elements are arranged around a stone arch gateway, aligned with the opening of the Monterey Bay to the greater Pacific Ocean. On the inside walls of the arch, a poem by the artist is inscribed in both English and Spanish. The work was begun in a quarry in Ireland and completed in the artist’s studio in Santa Cruz.

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Untitled Clevis #2

Untitled Clevis #2 is one of a collection of sculptures by Santa Cruz artists selected by a community vote to be sited along Pacific Avenue after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. These sculptures were part of the redesign efforts undertaken to rebuild downtown Santa Cruz and to memorialize the recovery.

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Kimono Sigh

Kimono Sigh is one of a collection of sculptures by Santa Cruz artists selected by a community vote to be sited along Pacific Avenue after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. These sculptures were part of the redesign efforts undertaken to rebuild downtown Santa Cruz and to memorialize the recovery.

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#311 (Folded Plane Series)

 Holt Murray began work on his 300 Folded Plane Series (#307,308,311,312)  in 1968, the same year he moved his foundry from Morgan Hill to Corralitos and began teaching full-time at Cabrillo College. #311 is one of a collection of sculptures by Santa Cruz artists selected by a community vote to be sited along Pacific Avenue after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. These sculptures were part of the redesign efforts undertaken to rebuild downtown Santa Cruz and to memorialize the recovery.

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To Honor Surfing

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3x3x3

Neil graduated from UCSC in 1982.  Using the money from this commission as well as tips from waiting tables, he moved to Pietrasanta, Italy a month after 3x3x3 was installed for what he thought would be a years stay. 23 years later he’s still living and working in Italy.

Neal Barab

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