Lorentz’s “Darlings” Completes Shape & Motion Sculpture Garden Exhibition

Darlings, a striking sculpture made of historic steel reclaimed from the former San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, was installed in Windsor last month at a new satellite site for LBC’s public art exhibition, Shape and Motion. It is the final piece in the Sculpture Garden installation, which opened in September and is available for viewing in both locations until August 2027.

Announced last August, the satellite location was established through a partnership between the LBC and the Windsor Public Art Commission. The partnership was formed to expand widespread access to the arts for the whole community and to increase awareness of LBC’s free Art Walk on its Santa Rosa campus. Signage at the Windsor site invites residents and visitors to the LBC to experience the full Shape and Motion installation. Every two years, a new sculpture will be installed at the Windsor location as part of the LBC’s rotation of its Sculpture Garden exhibit.

Created by Petaluma-based American sculptor Sean Paul Lorentz, Darlings stands 12 feet high, 28 feet wide, and 16 feet deep. It evokes similarities to Lorentz’s larger piece, Zizzle, also made of Bay Bridge historic steel and one of the 10 pieces in the main Shape and Motion exhibit on the LBC campus. Lorentz is one of the artists, architects and designers that the Bay Bridge Steel Program awarded in 2017 to receive scrap steel from the demolition of the historic east span of the Bay Bridge for repurposing into public art projects.

 Darlings is situated at the corner of Old Redwood Highway and Pleasant Avenue (near Matty Washburn Elementary School). It is part of the town’s broader public art program, Redwood Corridor Catalyst.

The Shape and Motion program celebrates the monumental works of eight regional sculptors and their artistic expressions of shape and motion in their art. Besides Lortentz, they include Riis Burwell of Santa Rosa, Katie Gong of San Francisco, Anthony Howe of Bow, Washington, Ned Khan of Sebastopol, Moto Ohtake of Santa Cruz, Nick Taylor from Fort Bragg, and Ben Trautman from San Francisco. A juried panel of eight judges on the LBC’s Visual Arts Advisory Council selected the final works from among the submissions.

“This partnership is an exciting step in enriching our community’s cultural experience and expanding access to visual art for everyone,” said Lora Unger, President and CEO. “We are fortunate to have found the right partner in the town of Windsor.”