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Tag: Mark di Suvero

  • Figulo #4 of 8

    Crissy Field Figulo (2005-11) 47′ × 55′ painted steel, steel buoys – collection of the artist From the Brooklyn Rail when this piece was exhibited at Governor’s Island:  From afar, it looks to be a drafting compass fit for the gods. Its red extension beams ignite in the afternoon sunlight. At close range, the dimensions shift perceptually. The sculpture’s…

  • Magma by Mark di Suvero #2 of 8

    Crissy Field “Magma” (2008-12), steel sculpture by Mark di Suvero, measures 25 feet tall by 48 feet wide. Leant by the artist, this piece is on public view for the first time.  Magma appears as a giant sawhorse in which a 48-foot I-beam is supported between two of the artist’s traditional, uneven tripods. It is…

  • Dreamcatcher first in a series of 8

    Crissy Field In light of the closing of SFMOMA for its expansion, the museum is placing art “all around town”. This exhibit of EIGHT of Mark Di Suvero’s massive metal sculptures is the first of the series. As much as I love and respect the curators of the SFMOMA, I have always felt that they…

  • Lincoln Park – Pax Jerusalem

    Lincoln Park Legion of Honor * * Pax Jerusalem by Mark di Suvero This piece sits on the sculpture pad in front of the Legion of Honor, one of our finer museums in San Francisco.  It is by Mark di Suvero, who has been in this blog before.  It was controversial the day it was…

  • The Embarcadero – Sea Change

    The Embarcadero – Sea Change

    The Embarcadero Sea Change by Mark di Suvero At Pier 40 on the lawn near the baseball park is this giant sculpture, that you can see from blocks away. Constructed in 1995 it is 70 feet tall and weights 10 tons.  The circular top moves with the wind. Marco Polo “Mark” di Suvero is an American…