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Gambel’s Quail – 12

March 9, 2015 by Salt Lake Public Art Program Leave a Comment

The sculptural subject of Gambel’s quail reflects the commitment of Ione McKean Davis to the preservation of open space in the urban environment. Coveys of wild Gambel’s quail can be seen throughout the neighborhoods of Salt Lake City. Recognizing the wild presence of quail in the urban landscape affirms an appreciation for our fragile local ecosystem and the importance of urban open space.

Gambel’s quail are identified by their tear-drop shaped topknot, the distinct black patch on the chest of the buck, and the scaly plumage on their undersides. As ground birds in an urban environment, Gambel’s quail primarily move about by walking and can move surprisingly fast through brush and undergrowth.

Pythagoras – 13

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Dan Gerhart named this work – a series of interior wall pieces and an outdoor sculpture along the Jordan River Parkway – after the Greek philosopher, Pythagoras. With the design based on the mathematical laws inherent in the circle, square, and triangle, the artwork relates visually to the shield or badge that identifies police officers and philosophically to the Police Department’s work to maintain order in our community.

The mathematical theories of Pythagoras were one source of inspiration for Gerhart, as were a number of other systems of the natural order and its relationship to societal order. The Mayan calendar, based on the mathematical symmetries and the basic shapes of triangles, circles and squares, provided a foundation for the development of Gerhart’s work. Many cultures share a common language of these basic shapes, with the circle often the universal symbol for harmony and order.

The indoor works – “The Triangle,” “The Circle,” “The Square,” and “Theorem” – are fabricated of bronze cast by the artist in the lost-wax technique and a variety of wood veneers. The outdoor work, “The Sphere,” is fabricated of cast bronze and polished stainless steel. Shawn Porter assisted Dan Gerhart in the fabrication and installation of the work; Larry Wheeler fabricated the stainless steel elements of the outdoor work.

Bonneville Reliquary II – 15

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The Bonneville Cutthroat Trout derives its name from the ancient Lake Bonneville, and is the Utah State Fish.  The trout are depicted swimming upstream not in annual spawn, but in a last retreat from disappearing vestiges of riparian ecosystem.  They commemorate the course of Parley’s Creek, now diverted underground by urban growth. As urban sprawl makes harder demands on the local ecosystem, the last remnants of biodiversity disappear unnoticed.

This is the second school of Cutthroats in the project. They are located in the long narrow median on the west side of the 1300 East 2100 South intersection. This location allows motorists to engage in this intimate artwork while waiting at the stop light. The first school of trout is located 2 blocks west at 2100 South 1050 East.

Windwheels #9 – 16

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Windwheels #9 is a kinetic sculpture meant to make visible, the invisible, i.e. the wind.

Faultline – 17

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Darl Thomas’s kinetic sculpture, Faultline, is a positive (solid) shape in one plane with the same negative (open) shape at 90 degrees.  Both planes are shifted slightly at the centerline, suggesting the “faultline”.

Skeleton – 18

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Skeleton is a small (36” x 20” x 6”), ground based sculpture meant to be discovered, hidden away in the flower beds in Wasatch Hollow Park.

The Diver – 19

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“The Diver” was originally installed for the swimming pool at Jordan Park in 1987, and consists of two panels, each eighteen inches high and eight feet long.  It was moved to Fairmont Park Aquatic Center in 2006 when the Jordan Park pool was transformed into a skateboard park.

The image on the frieze is of a simplified human figure beginning in a standing pose and moving through the sequence of a dive, as reference to the activities inside the Aquatic Center.

Bonneville Reliquary – 14

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Gerhart’s swimming Bonneville Cutthroat Trout, Utah’s state fish, commemorate the course of Parley’s Creek, now diverted underground by urban growth in Sugar House. The artist was originally commissioned for one “school” and later, asked to create another. The second school in installed on a median in a busy intersection and is eye level; easily viewed by drivers waiting for the traffic light to change.

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