‘If I had my druthers, the Gate would be in the sand,’ Ferri continued, ‘where it’s supposed to be.’īayer always felt that a modern city needed a symbol of human thought.Īnd indeed, in the great cities of the nation, from St. There would be an archway and nothing else. And that started him using those progressive pigments he uses.īut he also loved the fact that when he would travel in Morocco, sometimes he would come to a place where there would be gates out in the desert … there would be no people living there. He was always impressed by the bright colors and strong contrasts of the sun and the shadows. ‘I always remember this story: he and his wife Joella lived in Montecito, but they also lived in Morocco in the 1950s. In the piece, Hilo provides some insightful quotes by Rita Ferri, Visual Arts Coordinator and Curator of Collections for the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission:įerri had the honor of meeting Bayer in the early 1980s. Bayer died there in 1985.Īn interesting article about the sculpture’s future was written by Jessica Hilo, and published by the “ Daily Sound” last February. In 1975 Bayer moved from Aspen to live in the Santa Barbara area. The Smithsonian American Art Museum Inventory of American Sculpture lists Bayer’s Santa Barbara sculpture. The inscription on the circular concrete base commemorates Herbert Bayer, the 20th century modernist graphic designer, architect and artist. Photographs: (clockwise starting upper left) Chromatic Gate (a smaller version showing original color quality), Payton Wright Gallery, Santa Fe Chromatic Gate, on the oceanfront - City of Santa Barbara, 1991, height: 21 feet (photo taken 6.20.11).
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