“If it’s a draw, it’s going to draw people there,” said Zale Richard Rubins, the commission chair, who also voted against “Peace and Love” in 2017. “You wouldn’t move it to Beverly Cañon park where kids could climb on it? It would be appropriate there.” “It has to be at the city campus?” asked Stephanie Vahn, the committee’s vice chair, who was among the commissioners who voted to reject the gift in 2017. His team proposed several locations, but the arts panel struggled to agree on one.
Starr also wanted the sculpture installed on Santa Monica Boulevard in front of City Hall. (The agreed-upon location is framed by tall plants.) Starr, who could not be reached for comment, wanted to be sure fans could snap pictures with the monument - but only from the palm side, not the back of the hand, which is considered a rude gesture in the United Kingdom. The Fine Art Commission was reincarnated as the Arts and Culture Commission in April, and in May the statue was officially accepted.īut finding a place to display it proved fraught. “And then finally the success came with the changing of the guard.”īy the time Mirisch took office in March, “Peace and Love” was back on the agenda. “He said, we’ll give it another try, so we tried,” Morrelli said.
Starr’s team challenged the decision as soon as it received the city’s rejection letter, but by then the 14-day appeal window had elapsed, records show. “It was all about this Beverly Hills version of art.”įor the 78-year-old Starr, who created “Peace and Love” decades ago and paid to ship the bronze original when he moved from Britain to Beverly Hills, the rejection came as a surprise, Morrelli said. “The whole submittal process was all about the value of the piece,” Morrelli said. To be accepted, such pieces must be the work of an “established artist” with a pedigree of gallery showings and auction house records, someone who derives the majority of their income from art. “When you take a picture with City Hall in the background, it symbolizes that.” “We want to be a city of love and peace,” Mayor John Mirisch told the city’s Arts and Culture Commission last week as it debated which location to recommend to the council. The City Council authorized placement of the 8-foot-tall artwork on Santa Monica Boulevard, where is it expected to attract throngs of tourists when it is unveiled this fall. Tuesday night, the city changed its tune. They would have rejected Van Gogh or Picasso on those grounds.” “They produced a definition of art which is extraordinary. “They said, sorry Sir Ringo, thanks for your proposal, but you’re not an artist, and the work is not art,” said sculptor Jeremy Morrelli, who helped Starr produce the version of the statue intended for City Hall. Starr for his generous offer but unfortunately the donation did not meet the Fine Art criteria,” the city’s now-disbanded Fine Art Commission wrote after it voted unanimously to reject the Beatle’s gift in September 2017.
RINGO STARR PEACE AND LOVE FULL
“This turned into one of those Shakespeare ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ situations,” Mayor John Mirisch said.When Ringo Starr decided to live full time in Beverly Hills, he planned to honor his adoptive hometown with an extravagant gift - an 800-pound polished steel monument of his hand making a peace sign. Starr is covering the cost of the sculpture, base, relocation and installation, though the city will be responsible for the engineering of the base and installation of the hedging material. The hedges and engineering costs for the base will not exceed $10,000. “I think this will allow for appropriate interaction with the community,” Councilman Robert Wunderlich said. In the U.K., the backwards peace sign is considered an obscene gesture. Starr wants to prevent the statue from being used in an insulting manner. Hedging will be installed behind the sculpture to obscure its view from the back. 22 and decided to place the sculpture in Beverly Gardens Park. The Arts and Culture Commission, Recreation and Parks and Cultural Heritage Commission met on Aug. However, the city decided the sculpture should be installed elsewhere after receiving public input during the Aug. The council previously accepted the sculpture from Starr during its May 7 meeting, and at the June 18 meeting, it was recommended that the sculpture be installed on City Hall grounds. The Beverly Hills City Council agreed to put the stainless steel statue at the southwest corner of the section of the park between Beverly and Canon drives during its Sept. The sculpture “Peace and Love” by Ringo Starr has found a permanent home in Beverly Gardens Park. (photo courtesy of the city of Beverly Hills) Ringo Starr’s “Peace and Love” statue will be on display in Beverly Gardens Park.
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