RON HENGGELER

The top of the Transamerica Pyramid espied from Market Street near New Montgomery

Tourists on Market Street

The Bay Bridge viewed from Harrison near the Embarcadero

“Relish Too?” 2013
Detail of a bronze sculpture by Seward Johnson
On display at the Fillmore Center in San Francisco

Pedestrian tunnel in Golden Gate Park, near the De Young Museum

Homeless man on Market Street

Detail of the tower and side-entrance of the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

Los Mariachis 1994
Detail of a bronze sculpture by J. Seward Johnson
On display at the Fillmore Center in San Francisco

Photo-mural of Richard Diebenkorn on the wall of the gift shop, in the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

Preparing to repair the Grand Stairs of Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco

The Apple Cider Press
By Thomas Shields Clarke
in Golden Gate Park

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as viewed from the summit of Yerba Buena Island

Detail above the entrance to the pedestrian tunnel in Golden Gate Park, near the De Young Museum

The dome of San Francisco’s City Hall as seen from Fulton Street near Saint Ignatius Church

Preparing to repair the Grand Stairs of Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill in San Francisco

The old span and new tower of the Bay Bridge as viewed from the east side of the summit of Yerba Buena Island

Sphinxes by Arthur Putnam in Golden Gate Park near the De Young Museum
Commissioned for the California Midwinter International Exposition in 1894

Homeless man on Market Street near 3rd, in San Francisco

The Spine and Tooth of Santo Guerro, 2007 by Al Farrow
At the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park
Made from guns, bullets, shot, steel, glass, tooth, bone, and 15th-century fabric

Detail of The Spine and Tooth of Santo Guerro, 2007 by Al Farrow
This sculpture incorporates motifs from European cathedrals and was created from deconstructed guns, as well as bullets and shot pellets.
Farrows use of guns and ammunition comments on the historical connection between religious intolerance and warfare---particularly during the medieval Crusades, which sanctioned the conquest of the Holy Land. Farrow believes that all of the world’s major religions have undermined their moral authority by claiming that “God is on their side” when waging war.

Detail of The Spine and Tooth of Santo Guerro, 2007 by Al Farrow
Farrow’s cathedral is transformed into a reliquary by the inclusion of a human spine in the nave and a human tooth over the transept door---both belonging to the fictitious Santo Guerro (“Saint War”). The spine, mounted for display, recalls that many European cathedrals were built with funds derived from the viewing of religious relics. Farrow’s bone-filled reliquaries suggest that it is neither religion nor the human soul that is eternal, but rather the instinct to make war.

Interior of the De Young Museum, in Golden Gate Park

LGBT Pride Parade in San Francisco
June 30, 2013

The tower of the new Bay Bridge (minus the scaffolding) seen from Treasure Island

San Francisco, seen from Treasure Island

Out To Lunch 1975
a bronze sculpture by J. Seward Johnson
On display at the Fillmore Center in San Francisco

The tower of the new Bay Bridge (minus the scaffolding) seen from Yerba Buena Island

Five o’ clock shadow of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as viewed from the summit of Yerba Buena Island

San Francisco and the summer fog seen from the Berkeley Marina

Heading into San Francisco on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge