The Sun King
with artist, Steven Maeck
The Public Art League welcomes The Sun King by Steven Maeck (Decorah, Iowa) to the Kickapoo Bike Trail in Urbana. The Sun King stands 14.5 feet tall and is made of welded steel.
From the artist:
"Since 2002, I have been designing and fabricating sculptural work either fully or partially composed of iron and steel. The focus of my recent work has been almost exclusively in the utilization of industrial detritus which I alter and/or recombine in such a manner as to create work that is not only resonant and original, but manifests the aura of having been created from base raw material, i.e. cast bronze. Of course there is, and should be, at least a subliminal sense of the processed heritage of the metal."
Thank you to the Forest Preserve Friends Foundation for sponsoring this piece and to the Champaign County Forest Preserve District for coordinating its installation.
The Sun King
by Steven Maeck
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