Pier 7
Embarcadero
Bay Bench by Steve Gillman in 1996
Sunset Red Granite and Bronze
These two identical sunset red granite benches with curved bronze grill insets, are reminiscent of ship’s hatch covers.
Steve Gillman received a BA from San Francisco State College and and MFA in sculpture from the University of Oregon. His work is site specific. This is what he had to say about Bay Benches:
Bay Bench granite and bronze, 17″H x 8’6″ square. The bronze grill provides visual access to the undulating bay water below. What’s important here is not how the sculpture looks, but rather, it is the experience of sitting on the stone and being able to visually access the water moving and swelling below that is focus of this work. San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA. 1990
I would love to spend some time sitting on those, though not looking down at the undulating waters, but boat watching, where the real action is! 😀
That’s a cool idea but probably like paul I would be watching the boats!