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Experience Public Artist Lloyd Goradesky‘s interactive art project Let LOVE Guide Your Way, a spinning red metallic heart made into a Cupids Arrow on a 16-foot weathervane captures the wind and points in the direction of love. This wildly romantic artwork called “Let LOVE Guide Your Way” is a highlight of the Kinetic Art Exhibition in Boynton Beach, Florida celebrating art in motion; a complicated piece that merges engineering and science.
Goradesky’s projects use the power of art to create social interaction and dialogue using innovative technology combined with his unique use of materials, as well as incorporating natural elements within the environment such as sunlight, wind, rain, etc., to amplify the design or effect of a public art piece. His monumental Let LOVE Guide Your Way kinetic weathervane is located in Boynton Beach’s new Town Square, right across the street from Boynton Beach City Hall at 100 E. Ocean Avenue, in Boynton Beach, Florida 33435.
Goradesky created a line of smaller kinetic weathervanes to accommodate demand for Let LOVE Guide Your Way, available in various sizes and colors. Made to display for Indoor or Outdoor use; larger pieces are perfect for Pool Display, which can be permanently installed. Materials: Aluminum & Stainless-Steel Thrust Bearings on Absolute Black Granite Base.
Description: 'Let LOVE Guide Your Way' replica wind vane is assembled without weld or screw. Finished with Red Kandy with Metallic Sparkles and a UV Clearcoat. Using 5 aluminum pieces and a custom stainless-steel bearing unit, the wind vane assembles like a puzzle. The wind vane is 8" high and has a 10" inch circumference on a 5 inch Absolute Black Granite Heart Shape Base.
Visitors at the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts (WMODA) in Hollywood, Florida where Lloyd’s work is on exhibit and small weathervane replicas are available for sale in the museum gift shop.
Acclaimed public artist Lloyd Goradesky has been chosen along with 8 additional art professionals for The 2019 International Kinetic Art Exhibit and Symposium. This exciting public art group showcase was created by the Boynton Beach Arts Commission and produced by the City of Boynton Beach through its Art in Public Places program. The International Kinetic Art Exhibit & Symposium was created by the Boynton Beach Arts Commission to celebrate art in motion.
Public Artist Lloyd Goradesky
The outdoor exhibit brings meaningful and playful public art by prominent South Florida artist Lloyd Goradesky, connecting the public to one-of-a-kind visual experiences. Goradesky’s projects use the power of art to create social interaction and dialogue using innovative technology combined with his unique use of materials, as well as incorporating natural elements within the environment such as sunlight, wind, rain, etc., to amplify the design or effect of a public art piece.
Goradesky’s Gator in the Bay 2014 in front of the PAMM when the Perez Art Museum Miami celebrated its Grand Opening during Art Basel Miami Beach
The selected kinetic artworks will be on exhibit along S. Seacrest Boulevard and E. Ocean Avenue in Boynton Beach, Florida for one year. Many of the artworks will be powered by wind, with one powered by solar and another by human interaction. The kinetic art committee deliberated on numerous submissions and made their final selection of only eight artists; the arts commission approved the committee’s recommendations and the chosen public artworks will be installed during the first two weeks of October 2018.
Lloyd Goradesky was born and raised in South Florida with a unique background in art, business and design. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Florida in Gainesville, and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. He resides in Hollywood, Florida where he lives and works. He is widely recognized for his iconic public art projects that allow the community to experience art in their daily life, thereby creating a greater sense of place and identity.
Gator in the Bay at night, Miami Yacht Club on Watson Island
“Goradesky’s work is compared to Christo & Jean-Claude. Using the Power of Art to bring awareness to our natural surroundings, Goradesky’s art extends from multi-media design to complex material creations.” said Discovery Channel of Lloyd Goradesky’s work.
Lloyd Goradesky is a perfect example of an artist who creates work directly from his inner emotions and instincts, conveying a powerful and positive message for viewers drawing his inspiration from nature and the environment. “The purpose of this project is to celebrate public art in motion, Lloyd’s piece ‘Love Will Guide Your Way’ truly exemplified this with his free-standing 6′ 6″ tall stanchion supporting a 6-foot-long kinetic wind vane. The piece is created with recycled structural steel; with one end of the wind vane displaying a cut-out heart shape, and the other side of the wind vane is a circle with smaller heart cut-outs designed to capture wind to create movement as well as shadows of the hearts within the immediate visual space,” explained Debby Coles-Dobay, Public Arts Manager of the City Manager’s Office, Art in Public Places – City of Boynton Beach.
Goradesky’s epic public art installation, Gator in the Bay, created to raise awareness for the Everglades
The International Kinetic Art Exhibit and Symposium is supported by Equity One, Inc., Kinetic Art Organization (KAO), International Sculpture Center, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Buffalo Wild Wings, Boca Bearings, Hacklab, Solartree Project, Coastal Star, Neighborhood Gallery, Schoolhouse Children’s Museum and Learning Center, The Secret Garden Cafe and the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. The FREE biennial event is created to connect the public to one-of-a-kind visual experiences.
Goradesky has completed many award-winning projects, featured in numerous national and international publications, television, radio, cable and internet programs such as Discovery Channel and PBS. He has garnered multiple awards within the art and design industries, and he continues to create unique commissions for high profile residential and commercial projects.
