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La Jolla, California: Pile of Boats stuck on a Wall

Another Nancy Rubins flotilla of boats given an artistic second life as sculpture.

Address:
Coast Blvd S., La Jolla, CA
Directions:
This is stuck on the back of the Museum of Contemporary Art (700 Prospect St.) -- but it's visible for free on the east side of Coast Blvd S. just north of Cuvier St.
Admission:
Free
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Pile of boats.

Pile of Boats Stuck on a Wall

Neat! You can see it from the street.

[David, 12/11/2015]

It's a 2006 work of artist Nancy Rubins, whose niche in the world of sculpture is these wired-together masses of old canoes and boats. Looming outside the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla.


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