Large, Scary Crow Sculptures Installed on Panhandle as Part of 'Big Art Loop'

Cast-bronze crows named Lucinda and Tom were installed on the Golden Gate Park Panhandle lawn west of Masonic Avenue, east of the playground. The sculptures are by Cotati-based artist Jack Champion and were commissioned by Building 180 through the Big Art Loop initiative. The work is titled “.” The Big Art Loop places large-scale public sculptures across 34 miles of San Francisco. Building 180 describes the piece as balancing humor with unease and prompting reflection on how people argue, listen, and stay in relationship when it is uncomfortable. The initiative also brings existing artworks out of storage into public view, including a 45-foot nude sculpture by Marco Cochrane and an upcoming work by George Mubanga at McLaren Park Overlook.

"Balancing humor with unease, invites reflection on how we navigate tension: how we argue, how we listen, and how we choose to remain in relationship, even when it's uncomfortable."

"The Big Art Loop "is a public art initiative transforming San Francisco into an open-air gallery, placing bold, large-scale sculpture across 34 miles of the city.""

""The Big Art Loop is about putting public art into the neighborhoods. All of these sculptures are existing works of art. We are bringing them out of storage and into public view.""

"The cast-bronze crows, named Lucinda and Tom, are the work of Cotati-based artist Jack Champion, who was given a commission by the local nonprofit Building 180 as part of their Big Art Loop initiative. As the Chronicle reports, Champion installed them himself in the last week on the lawn west of Masonic Avenue, east of the playground."

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