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DESCRIPTION: approx. 12-foot high by 8-foot diameter painted steel and stainless steel sculpture with vintage Cadillac taillights
Reutimann's whimsical sculpture represents the theme of creativity and marks the western end of the Pillars of Palm Springs installation (see below). Reutimann incorporates tail sections of a 1959 Cadillac in his cactus design, with illuminated red Cadillac taillights as the cactus fruit and "creativity" spelled out in cursive script.
Artist's statement: The sculpture merges the city’s appreciation for mid-century modern aesthetics with its natural desert setting. The sculpture is a fusion of industrial car design with the organic unpredictability of nature. The taillights serve as symbolic representations of cactus flowers or fruits, which will light up at night. - Roger Reutimann
Reutimann's whimsical sculpture represents the theme of creativity and marks the western end of the Pillars of Palm Springs installation (see below). Reutimann incorporates tail sections of a 1959 Cadillac in his cactus design, with illuminated red Cadillac taillights as the cactus fruit and "creativity" spelled out in cursive script.
Artist's statement: The sculpture merges the city’s appreciation for mid-century modern aesthetics with its natural desert setting. The sculpture is a fusion of industrial car design with the organic unpredictability of nature. The taillights serve as symbolic representations of cactus flowers or fruits, which will light up at night. - Roger Reutimann
LOCATION: center median of E. Tahquitz Canyon Way at N. Luring Drive, Palm Springs, California, USA
Cadillactus is part of the six-sculpture installation of Pillars of Palm Springs, which follows a 3/4-mile stretch of Tahquitz Canyon Way from Palm Springs City Hall to Sunrise Way. It is the largest and most comprehensive public art project initiated by the Palm Springs Public Art Commission. It was dedicated on World Art Day, April 15, 2024. For information on the entire installation of six sculptures, click here: Pillars of Palm Springs.
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