{"id":1559,"date":"2024-04-29T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christian.mywebpreview.co.uk\/scottsdalenewsite\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2024-08-29T13:42:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:42:37","slug":"spotted-around-the-city-new-public-artwork-under-scottsdale-civic-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christian.mywebpreview.co.uk\/scottsdalenewsite\/blog\/post\/spotted-around-the-city-new-public-artwork-under-scottsdale-civic-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted Around the City: New Public Artwork Under Scottsdale Civic Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wondering what that is as you drive under the Scottsdale Civic Center?<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s the newest piece of public artwork to join the Scottsdale Public Art Permanent Collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

The installed work, called “<\/span>Breakaway<\/span><\/a>,” is a cast aluminum sculpture depicting a rope with various knots by Tuscon artist Barbara Grygutis. It is meant to liven up the area under Scottsdale Civic Center and can be seen in the Drinkwater Boulevard underpass, between Second Street and First Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve always talked about \u2018Breakaway\u2019 as an entryway to the arts district and the city,\u201d says Tanya Galin, public art manager for Scottsdale Public Art, a department of the nonprofit Scottsdale Arts. \u201c\u2018Breakaway\u2019 has a contemporary feel, yet it harkens back to Scottsdale\u2019s slogan as \u2018The West’s Most Western Town.\u2019 There\u2019s a bit of the old and the new, past and the present.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Grygutis drew inspiration from everyday objects and how they reflect our lives. Rope is a common object with many uses and meanings to many people. Rope is not one thing, and Grygutis thinks that public art should be the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe beauty of public art is that everybody who looks at it sees something different, and I liked that,\u201d said Grygutis. \u201cSometimes people give me interpretations of my work that I didn’t even think about. They saw something different. That’s a beautiful thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The artwork, which took for years from initial thought to installation, includes two 300-foot lengths on both sides of the underpass, totaling 600 feet of rope connecting Scottsdale’s past and present. It was molded and cast in aluminum sculpture by art foundry and fabricator Bollinger Atelier, which is located in Tempe. Skilled artisans completed the assembly, cleaning, and finishing by hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt there was such a missed opportunity, with hundreds of cars passing through each day without realizing the amazing arts campus they were crossing,\u201d says Dr. Gerd Wuestermann, president and CEO of Scottsdale Arts. \u201cWe envisioned this concept of a significant public art piece becoming a marquee for the emerging Scottsdale Civic Center campus.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The concept of the work was meant to connect the idea of the Old West with the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you bridge Scottsdale tradition with a futuristic view? You animate it,\u201d said Grygutis. \u201cThere’s this concept of the Old West, but there’s also the concept of the future. All those things go together; you can respect your tradition, but you have to look to the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist will be on hand during a dedication of the work at 10 a.m. on Fri., May 3. Those interested in attending should meet on the lower level of the Scottsdale Civic Center Library parking lot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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