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Artist/Creator (1)	Paley, Albert Raymond (born 1944)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Artist/Creator (2)	Paley Studio Ltd.
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (2).Role	foundry
Artist/Creator (3)	Salkin Group
Artist/Creator (3).Role	architectural firm
Title/Caption	Synergy
Variant Title/Caption	Ceremonial Archway
Date of Work	Dedicated November 6, 1987
Description of View	Oblique general view
Notes	Located at the Museum Towers Apartments, 1801 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia, PA. The two units are installed on either side of the 18th St. driveway to Museum Towers. Sponsor/Developer: One Percent for the Arts, Philadelphia and Hertzfeld and Associates Project Description: The design concept for the sculpture is a ceremonial archway developed within the tradition of the grand entrance portal, stressing the identity of the complex and the symbolic act of entrance and passage. Not to be seen as a sculpture in isolation, it is rather a structure that is interrelated with the architectural and landscape scheme, with the sensibility to human or pedestrian environment. The architectural scale is addressed by the proportion of the archway as it lines up with the major horizontal banding of the building at the 20-foot level. The placement is in line with the facade of the building, and visually determines the major entrance as well. Because of this placement, small pedestrian plazas are created at the base of the archway. These areas create a personal pedestrian experience, thus forming an association with the complex. The geometric clarity of the archway relates to the architectural detailing of the building, and at the same time the focus and accent of the space relates to the curvilinear, stylized ribbon shapes seen as a visual counterpoint. This interplay of forms visually defines and emphasizes the entrance to pedestrian, as well as vehicular, traffic. Project History: This project was funded through the City of Philadelphia One Percent for the Arts, as a cermonial archway for an office and condominium complex. The project's architectural firm was the Salkin Group and the developer/client was Hertzfeld Associates. The project complex was designated 'Museum Towers' and was dedicated October 1987. [See the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) entry on Synergy, (sculpture) http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=NP063X9665644.1355andprofile=ariallandsource=~!siartinventoriesandview=subscriptionsummaryanduri=full=3100001~!338404~!28andri=2andaspect=Keywordandmenu=searchandipp=20andspp=20andstaffonly=andterm=paleyandindex=.AWanduindex=andaspect=Keywordandmenu=searchandri=2 ]
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	Sculpture: formed and fabricated mild steel. Bases: concrete
Dimensions	2 units. Each sculpture: ca. 20 ft. x 17 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. Each base, Ht.: ca. 2 ft.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)
Related Persons	Artist/Creator (1) also appears as Albert Paley
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public art
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	New Directions in Public Art: Part IV
Reference Number	Art on File PAIV-39(3)-1
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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