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  • CRA/LA’S commitment to public art began 35 years ago.
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Christopher Lee
Renaissance Weather Station
1994

Project Area: CBD/South Park
Project: Renaissance Tower
Project Location: 501 Olympic Boulevard
Project Type: Developer

Description:

Piercing high into the air of the courtyard shared by FIDM and the Renaissance Tower is the crisp silhouette of a steel black mock weather station with a copper directional arrow and wind speed vane. The mock weather station is approximately 40’ h and has a colorful cloth mounted on the tapered 12’ h flagpole. This sculpture was created to disguise an exhaust duct located in the middle of the apartment courtyard.
Renaissance Weather Station

Artist Profile

Christopher Lee is recognized for his site-specific kinetic sculptures which incorporate halide lights that reflect off highly polished metal surfaces.  Public artworks by the artist can be found in the College/Rolando Branch Library, San Diego; La Jolla Library; San Diego Center for Children; San Diego International Airport; Wolfstein Sculpture Park: Scripps Memorial Hospital; San Diego Unified Port District; the City of San Diego Public Art Collection; and the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland.  Born in Seattle, Washington in 1951, Lee received his BA and MA in Sculpture at San Diego State University, California.   The artist lives and works in La Mesa, California.