Steel, Cast Iron, Patina
H: 120” W: 84”
2005
Oakland, California
Client: Oakland Arts Commission for Bella Vista Park
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This gate is made entirely of found metal objects, which the children at Bella Vista Elementary School helped to curate. It includes several kinetic parts and two busts from this historic Oakland neighborhood that was home to Gertrude Stein and ‘Borax’ Smith.