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Week 40 of the 2008 Challenge.
Artist: John Wherle
Century Xing Mural
Commissioned by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Richmond, this mural is located over Macdonald Avenue at the Richmond BART station.
Week 35 of the 2008 Challenge.
Sculpture, "Shipyard Stories"
Artist: Ray Beldner
Artist-designed plaque using historic photographs and oral histories to describe workers’ daily experiences during World War II. Made of Etched Stainless Steel and mounted on replica of Liberty Ship Smokestack designed by Vincent Park Landscape Architects. Commissioned 1999 by the Richmond Redevelopment Agency for the City of Richmond.
Week 33 of the 2008 Challenge.
Matthews Corporation International Freedom Sculpture, located in Rolling Hills Memorial Park. This sculpture used to have two hands and a bird, but it has been vandalized. Now the effect is of a hand reaching desperately from the grave, rather than hands releasing a bird to be free.
Week 32 of the 2008 Challenge.
The "Signalmen" sculpture by Anita Margrill is located at the corner of Regatta and Marina Way in Richmond. It was commissioned by the Catellus Corporation in 1999.
Week 31 of the 2008 Challenge.
Solar Cantata, by Charles Perry, 1971. Located in the Hilltop Mall in the center rotunda. Commissioned by Hilltop retail center owners Holvick, Deregt & Koering.
Week 30 of the 2008 Challenge.
Torque, by Jacques Overhoff.
Commissioned by the local assessment district of the car dealerships in the immediate area. The work is an outstanding example of a stable piece that appears to move as one walks around it.
Created from 12 reinforced cement panels held together with steel cable, with tile insets to give color. The sculpture was dedicated during the International Sculpture Conference in Oakland, 1982, as part of a Bay Area celebration of public sculpture.
Week 28 of the 2008 Challenge.
Friendship, by Bruce Hasson.
Dedicated November 26, 1991, in commemoration of 30 years of sister city affiliation between Shimada, Japan and Richmond, California. Located in Shimada Park in Richmond.
This piece of public art is located in the Richmond BART station, just inside the fare gates. The sculpture was created by William Mitchell out of fiberglass with natural materials inlaid. The theme of the mural is underwater sea life and symbols of the Aztec civilization.