VALLEY OF THE SCULPTURES.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer Tucked inside a world of actuaries and insurance tables stands a forest of mobile sculptures poised for the slightest breeze. The art exhibit, wedged between two office towers of the 21st Century Insurance Group, acts like shimmering shim·mer intr.v. shim·mered, shim·mer·ing, shim·mers 1. To shine with a subdued flickering light. See Synonyms at flash. 2. mobiles against concrete and glass. And for its visionary curator, it's not just the only contemporary fine art exhibition in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , but what he hopes will be a predecessor for a world-class, $150 million International Museum of the Arts. ``This isn't plop art Plop art is a pejorative slang term for public art (usually large, abstract, modernist or contemporary sculpture) made for government or corporate plazas, spaces in front of office buildings, skyscraper atriums, parks, and other public venues. - art just plopped somewhere,'' said Jeff Phillips For the actor from the GEICO "caveman" commercials, see . Jeff Phillips (born Western Australia) was an Australian TV show host/personality and pop singer of the 1960s to the early 1990s. , founder of The Art Art Project and curator of Sculpture at the Plaza Gardens. ``It's a curated installation. ``The San Fernando Valley is the largest population center in the world without an accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. art museum - the big shame, 1.7 million people without a museum.'' The Sculpture at the Plaza Gardens runs through Oct. 15 at 6301 Owensmouth Ave., the only contemporary fine art exhibit in the Valley. Outside, in a manicured garden favored by employees, are eight rotating sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Paul Chilkov in an exhibit titled ``Making the Invisible Visible'' that resemble aluminum confetti hung from tall metal trees. ``I like it, it's different,'' said Cheryl Padilla, a 21st Century word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and operator from Granada Hills, gazing up at a crimson sculpture inset between some trees. ``It reminds me of the movie 'Twister,' with the chimes.'' Inside, in a work called ``Import'' by Steven Simon of the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Sculpture Laboratory, a quarter-mile of reed fence is wrapped around thousands of dollar bills. Nearby run two video works by Nathan Shedroff and Dennis H. Miller, pioneers of the World Wide Web. Phillips, curator at the Barnsdall Art Park and the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Civic Plaza, has been working with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to install outdoor sculptures along the Orange Line busway. He has also met with local business leaders hoping to generate interest in a new kind of museum for contemporary art and technology. The IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association, Annapolis, MD) An earlier trade association founded in 1988 originally as the Interactive Video Industry Association. It provided an open process for adopting existing technologies and was involved in subjects such as networked services, scripting , as he would call it, could include multiple museum sites. ``For the price of one Hollywood movie, a museum can be built to last a century - and attract millions of people from around the world to the San Fernando Valley,'' said Phillips, a Valley native and resident of Woodland Hills. ``Why is it that the people of the San Fernando Valley have to drive so far to see art?'' While Valley business leaders support the idea of an art museum, they also say that with two competing $100 million performing arts centers in the works, it might be tough to raise funds for a $150 art museum. A $22 million Children's Museum Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs that stimulate informal learning experiences for children. In contrast with traditional museums that typically have a hands-off policy regarding exhibits, children's museums feature interactive exhibits that are proposed for Lake View Terrace has languished for lack of money. Furthermore, the Valley has always lacked support for the arts, or the foundations and philanthropists that could support art institutions. ``I love the concept, I'm just not sure about the support,'' said Bruce Ackerman Bruce Arnold Ackerman (born August 19, 1943) is a famous constitutional law scholar in the United States. He is a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School and one of the most frequently cited legal academics in the country. Biography Ackerman received his B. , president and chief executive officer of the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley. ``It's such a narrow niche - who would the supporters be for something like that?'' Martin Cooper, chairman of the Valley Commerce & Industry Association, said if Valley residents can be major supporters of the arts in Pasadena or Los Angeles, they can also support them at home. ``Nothing ventured, nothing gained,'' said Cooper. ``I applaud Jeff Phillip's attempt to bring art to the Valley, but I think it's premature to endorse without a specific plan.'' Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Jeff Phillips, curator of Sculpture at the Plaza Gardens at the 21st Century Insurance Group Building in Woodland Hills, hopes the installation will serve as a forerunner to a $150 million International Museum of the Art in the San Fernando Valley. (2) A conceptual sculpture by Steven Simon titled ``Import'' is on display at the 21st Century Insurance Group building as part of a contemporary art exhibition. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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