Sunday, November 22, 2009

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

OC Weekly/ Coker writes:
The struggle to save a crazy-colorful fountain sculpture created by the internationally recognized Marlo Bartels has been resolved, according to the Laguna Beach artist's wife.

The whimsical-but-functional fountain was unveiled in the Irvine Regional Hospital lobby upon the facility's 1990 opening to great fanfare. After all, Bartels' sculptures grace parks, museums and the inside of rich people's homes around Southern California and the world. "Marlo is clearly one of the most important contemporary public sculpture artists to be working on the West Coast," Laguna Art Museum director Bolton Colburn stated in a letter urging the saving of the fountain.

The hospital's previous owner abandoned the sprawling complex along Sand Canyon Avenue near the 405 freeway in December 2008. Shortly after leasing the space in February, Newport Beach-based Hoag Hospital decided the large art piece didn't fit with a redesign aimed at upgrading the medical facility to today's standards.

(took out the "reason" why the fountain feature wasn't on at the hospital. The true reason was that they didn't want to perform the maintenance required and the water didn't splash out.)

At the least, Bartels wanted his piece relocated within the hospital. He, his wife and Colburn appealed to Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang, Orange County's art community and the Hoag board of directors.

"Marlo has a legacy here and this piece must be preserved," explained his wife, Cathy Bartels.

"Removing it would destroy it," Bartels said of the fountain at the time.

As the artist and the museum director sought intervention, Hoag management offered to hold off demolishing the fountain while the artist could make arrangements to relocate it--so long as it was relocated to somewhere other than the Irvine hospital.

That finally happened, reports Cathy Bartels.

"The good news is now that Marlo's sculpture will be placed in Laguna Beach with the help of Community Arts Project (C.A.P.) in Laguna Beach," she writes in a message to the Weekly. "They funded the removal of the sculpture and will now find the perfect location and possibly revive the fountain aspect of the piece. I'm very happy!"

The sculpture now resides in a storage space until a public location in Laguna Beach is found by the C.A.P.

"That takes a little more time but they are looking and working on that. We're both very happy about this," said Cathy Bartels, who added the couple would like to publicly thank the C.A.P. for taking up the cause.

Besides re-doing the lobby, Hoag plans to open a new emergency room and acute care facility in Irvine in 2010.

Cathy writes:
I would also like to publicly thank EVERYONE who helped with letters, phone calls and just general support. Thank You!It was really wonderful - the outpourly of support about this.

Huge THANK YOUS:
to Sian Poeschl, Arts Commission laision for the City of Laguna Beach for her phone calls to Hoag Hospital as well as to C.A.P. which directly led to their support for the future placement of the sculpture in Laguna Beach

to Dickran Tashjian of Berkeley, formerly Professor of Interdisipline Studies at U.C.I. and a world Dada and Surrealist Expert and author, for your letters to the mayor of the City of Irvine and to Hoag Hospital Board of Directors.

to Bolton Colburn, Director of Laguna Art Museum, for your perfect letter that was sent to Hoag Hospital Board of Directors, the mayor of the City of Irvine and to the press.

to the Mayor of Irvine, Sukee Kang, for your letters of support for the artwork to Hoag Hospital in Irvine.

And thank you all who wrote letters to this blog showing your support. A happy ending we got!

UPDATE: Several organizations were vying for the sculpture. St. Mary's Church on Park Avenue in Laguna Beach, CA. will be receiving it. It is to be installed and incorporated into the landscape in the front with the fountain feature functioning with thanks to C.A.P. (Community Arts Organiztion).

Thursday, October 22, 2009

New Home Found for Marlo Bartels' Disputed Fountain Sculpture

Monday, October 5, 2009

"Argyle"

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Monday, July 20, 2009

Friday, July 17, 2009

C STUDIO / Cathy Bartels / Laguna Beach
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Small Silk Bags of Mine!


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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

Collectors Choice

This fundraiser I've donated to. It's a fun event and all of the artists will be wearing red...in some form...

"The View of the Workings" is the piece (see the eye in background):

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Orange Curtain

"Art" Stands in the Way of Demolition at Irvine Hospital
OC Weekly - Santa Ana,CA,USA
"Marlo has a legacy here and this piece must be preserved," says his wife, Cathy Bartels. "Removing it would destroy his work." Colburn drafted a letter ...

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork-orange/art-stands-in-the-way-of-demol/