Palermo Palm Springs public art

Positively Palermo last August printed this post: "Full-time and vacation homeowners who purchased Palermo townhomes and villas were promised many features, but will these obligations be kept now that the Enterprise Cos. has been issued a notice of default? Through sales materials and signage on the grounds, on the development's Web site, through sales agents for the realty, and at city meetings, much was promised, from tennis courts to a dog park. ... One thing missing is the public artwork that was to grace the sidewalk area along Indian Canyon Drive, approved by the city art commission. The 15-foot metal sculptures by California artist Heath Satow were titled 'Fata Morgana.' They were described as: 'Two large abstracted animal forms from stainless steel with a golden patina fading into the upper section. Stretched in appearance, the 'animals' are topped with branch-like forms with leaves in the area where the head and tail normally would be. The idea is two-fold: One part of this concept is to play upon the idea of a Fata Morgana mirage sometimes seen in the desert areas, which is a mirage that stretches the appearance of things in the distance, sometimes allowing nearby taller things to combine with the object, thus the stretched animal combined with parts of the tree. The other part of the concept is simply to provide an object that will inspire ... an unusual thing that people will not easily forget ... They follow the philosophy of the surrealist movement in that they inspire the imagination stimulating your senses with something absurd, a non-sequitur.'" We've reprinted the 2010 post because we have some news about the artist and new drawings of the the art we were supposed to get. Watch for it this week. Miss Penny Lane asks: When she first saw Palermo sales office, it was like a mirage that she knew someday would be her desert oasis.