Friday, October 12, 2012

American Steel sculpture

"Ecstasy" was constructed by Karen Cusolito and Dan Das Mann in 2007 and used that year at Burning Man.  It stands 30 feet high and weighs 9 tons.  In 2010 the sculpture was installed for several months in a park in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood.  She now resides at the entrance of American Steel Studios in West Oakland where Cusolito has her work space and also rents studio and gallery space to over 100 artists and small businesses.
Posted by Oakland Daily Photo at 12:00 AM
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10 comments:

  1. Thierry CollartOctober 12, 2012 at 12:24 AM

    Iron man !

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  2. John @ Beans and I on the LooseOctober 12, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    Thanks for the link. It brought back fond memories.

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  3. JackOctober 12, 2012 at 1:10 PM

    It is kind of scary, if you ask me.

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  4. Duncan D. Horne - the Kuantan bloggerOctober 13, 2012 at 1:26 AM

    Wow very complex!

    Stumbled upon your blog and like it very much.

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  5. LúciaOctober 13, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    Wow, it's huge!
    What an amazing sculpture, I'd love to see it in person!
    Have a good weekend! ;-)

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  6. Bob CroweOctober 13, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    I like it. The ecstasy was so intense it stripped her (?) to the sinews.

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  7. ElettraOctober 14, 2012 at 2:03 AM

    very impressive there's so much work!!.

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  8. GunnOctober 16, 2012 at 12:36 PM

    Love this!

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  9. ArtandArchitecture-SF.comOctober 16, 2012 at 3:54 PM

    I wondered where she went. While an amazing piece of work for its shear size, I never liked it. Her proportions are all wrong. I do, however, love your photo, interesting angle, shows the strengths of the piece.

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  10. HalcyonOctober 22, 2012 at 5:50 AM

    Very impressive!

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