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Cynosure | Public Sculptures by Donald Gialanella
Cynosure | Public Sculptures by Donald Gialanella
Cynosure | Public Sculptures by Donald Gialanella
Cynosure | Public Sculptures by Donald Gialanella

Created and Sold by Donald Gialanella

Cynosure - Public Sculptures

Featured In Jacksonville, FL

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Stainless steel. 2023 Client: FIS Global Headquarters, Jacksonville, FL.

“Cynosure'', means one that serves to direct or guide. The sculpture symbolizes a firm foundation in business, represented by the building block design, and continued growth, represented by the upward pointing arrow.

The blocks meld together moving upwards to form one solid slab. This illustrates reaching solutions to modernize businesses and customer experiences - like puzzle pieces coming together to create a cohesive whole. It moves from disorder at ground level to solid structure at the top. It’s a visual analogy for organizing entropy to achieve success.

The distinctive profile of the human head stands for innovative thinking - the intellect behind FIS. Upward progress, the arrow, is the “brain” of the image. It intersects with a circular eye that gives an identity to the sculpture.

To add layers of meaning to Cynosure, monetary symbols and designs representing various business technologies are etched into the blocks.

Category: Public Sculptures

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Item Cynosure
As seen in Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Donald Gialanella
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Wescover creator since 2018
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Donald Gialanella originally from Maplewood, NJ, now works out of his studio in St. Petersburg, Florida. He studied fine art at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City before advancing his craft through an apprenticeship with renown artist Louise Bourgeois. He worked as a graphics producer at ABC-TV in New York in the 1980’s and received an Emmy for his work on Monday Night Football in 1990.

Gialanella has developed a distinctive visual language that blends classical sensibility with contemporary abstraction. His sculptures, often life-sized or larger, explore the emotional and psychological dimensions of the human form, emphasizing gesture, texture, and negative space.

He has done over 30 monumental public commissions that can be found from California to New York in civic spaces, corporate collections, hospitals, and city streets, where his pieces serve as contemplative focal points.

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