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| Sun God |
| Niki de Saint Phalle, 1983 |
| Fiberglass with cement base, height 884 cm |
| San Diego, University of California |
Sun God is a statue by French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. Niki de Saint Phalle, born Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle ( October 29 1930 &ndash May 22, 2002) was a French Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Fiberglass (also called fibreglass and glass fibre see Spelling differences) is material made from extremely fine Fibers of Glass. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth The University of California San Diego (popularly known as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public Research university in San Diego, California Niki de Saint Phalle, born Catherine-Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle ( October 29 1930 &ndash May 22, 2002) was a French The University of California San Diego (popularly known as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public Research university in San Diego, California The statue is a 14-foot multicolored bird-like creature, perched atop a 15-foot-tall horseshoe-shaped rock pedestal.
Erected in February 1983 as a part of the Stuart Collection of public art projects, the fiberglass Sun God has become a unique feature on the UCSD campus. The Stuart Collection is a collection of public art on the campus of the University of California San Diego. It is located on a grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium, on the eastern periphery of the John Muir College campus. John Muir College is one of the six Undergraduate colleges at the University of California San Diego (UCSD Since the 1980s the UCSD Associated Students organization has sponsored an annual event, the Sun God Festival, with the statue as its official mascot. Over the years numerous visual-arts students have accessorized the statue with items such as sunglasses, a cap and gown, an ID card, a large working phallus, and even a nest with eggs painted in the statue's trademark bright colors. Sunglasses or sun glasses are a visual aid variously termed Spectacles or Glasses, which feature lenses that are coloured or darkened to prevent strong Academic dress or academical dress is traditional Clothing for academic settings primarily tertiary and sometimes secondary An identity document, also called a piece of identification ( ID) is a document used to verify aspects of a person's Identity.
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