Jan 122012
50 Third Street
Ducca Restaurant walkway
Museum Row
Attached to the Westin Hotel is Ducca Restaurant. They have an open walkway between 3rd street and the Jewish Museum. In that walkway is seating and dining. Throughout that area is art.
This piece is “Les Funambules” by Charles Ginnever, done in Bronze in 1991.
Ginnever is an American sculptor. He was born in San Mateo, California, in 1931. In 1957, he received his BA from the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Cornell University in 1959. He started working with canvas and steel scraps painted with bright patterns. The movement toward Minimalism saw the use of color fade and he focused on steel shapes consisting of triangles and trapezoids that cause his work to change shape as the viewer moves around it.
The Westin would be a nice place to stay what with that walkway, the art and a restaurant. I mean, what’s not to like?
The sculpture is not all that exciting but I have a feeling one has to see it in person and move around it to get the full impact.
So I am wondering if the restaurant is any good:)
Ah, I have seen this piece of Mr. Ginnever’s artwork and wondered what it was. Thank you for the explanation!
Love how the shapes changed as you walked to a different angle! Good one.
for some reason I like the second view of the sculpture.
That open air seating area looks quite inviting.