Where to See Burning Man Art (if You Missed the Burn)

Do n’t be sad if you did n’t make it to the playa this year – neither did some of the most iconic , widely agnise , and beloved examples of combust Man graphics . These big - scale artworks from years past are on display throughout the Bay Area , or will be soon . Thanks to some grants fromBurning Man Artsand the unrelenting can - do of burner , God Almighty , and Jehovah , these bragging , hopeful , and occasionally interactive works will daze away any residuary FOMO .

Buckyball

The ExploratoriumEmbarcaderoIt ’s been establish at Madison Square Park in New York , and now this ravishing , 25 ft carving of a Carbon 60 molecule lights up The Exploratorium at Pier 15 in San Francisco . The luminousLeo Villareal , founder of the LED masterpiece camp Disorient , bucks your blues from miss the burn withBuckyball , a constitution of 4,500 LED nodes that are capable of producing a mind - blowing 16 million different colour . This trippy protection to architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller wo n’t be at The Exploratorium forever , but its display has been extended to February 26th , 2017 .

Spire

Goldsworthy in the PresidioThe PresidioBritish creative person Andy Goldsworthy has inspired many Burners ’ artistic production , andSpire– carved out of 37 strike Monterey cypress tree trees — is one of several nature and tree - theme kit and caboodle on display for free as part of theGoldsworthy in the Presidioproject . These works are on lasting display in the Presidio , but it ’s not really “ lasting ” : according to the FOR - SITE Foundation that aid install these workplace , “ the natural textile used inSpireandWood Linewill decay and return to the ground . ”

Truth Is Beauty

San Leandro BART StationSan LeandroWho among us has not raved at sunrise alongside one of Marco Cochrane ’s three - tarradiddle highBliss Projectstatues of naked womanhood ? After its tour of duty at Burning Man 2013,Truth Is Beautyis currently under reconstruction and it will be fully back on its foundation by mid - October at the San Leandro Tech Campus next to the San Leandro BART station . We ’re all for it , but some San Leandro citizenshave their garment in a bunchabout this 55 ft tall naked fair sex .

LOVE

Paradise Ridge WinerySanta RosaThoseLOVEletters that you ’ve rise and selfied upon so many times on the Playa have actually found a lasting home at Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa . TheLOVEsculpture comes courtesy Bay Area creative person Laura Kimpton , who met her husband – guess where – at Burning Man . These missive will now decorate generations of wedding photos , though if you go see them please realise it is the custom that you also at least do a wine tasting or a spell .

Oakland Art Murmur First Friday

Various GalleriesDowntown OaklandThe East Bay cray gets afoot once a calendar month at the Oakland Art Murmur ’s celebrated First Friday map . On the first Friday of every month , the street of Oakland get gussied up with gallery hops , food for thought truck , and public art installations . And many of your preferent Oakland - based Burner graphics collective likeNIMBYandAmerican Steelmake unconstipated appearances and show off their stuff .

Tabula

Sherman AvePalo AltoCharles Gadeken’sTabulais the next evolution of a previous Downtown Palo Alto video display , Aurora , nowoff in Australia . Tabulais another full - exfoliation , edifice - sized LED installment whose display will be controlled by real seismic data from the US Geological Service . Tabulais schedule to be bring out on October 21st , 2016 but if you just ca n’t hold back for its opening , tide yourself over with thisYouTube trailer .

Sol Flor

Juri CommonsThe MissionSome of the Burning Man art for good install in San Francisco is kids ’ poppycock , and we stand for that in a good means . Tyke , toddlers , and bitty ones are delighted daily by Jennifer Alexander’sSol Flor , a series of colored mosaics installed in the grass grounds of Juri Commons ( 25th St and Guerrero ST , San Francisco ) . While this is n’t some giant sculpture of towering Burning Man graphics , Sol Florwas made potential by a grant from Burning Man Arts ( formerly the Black Rock Arts Foundation ) and the repurposing , recycling , and trash - change impresario ofScrapEden .

The Bay Lights

Bay BridgeNo discussion of lodge - at - home Burning Man art is perfect without a mention of theBay Lights , the grandest work of conduce swooning thaumaturgy in the Bay Area and the only piece of Burning Man - inspired art that regularly appears onMonday Night Footballbroadcasts . TheBay Lightsdid vanish for a two - class hiatus , but they ’re coif to bide in place all the way until 2026 thanks to some living from the State of California . Leo Villareal ’s 1.8 - nautical mile chef-d’oeuvre blinks from dusk till dawn nightly , so take your bae to theBay Lightsany night .

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