Documented artwork / paired gateway sculptures
Uplift
Credit as documented: Vicki Scuri SiteWorks with Alexandr Polzin
Vicki Scuri SiteWorks and Alexandr Polzin created Uplift as a northern gateway to Sacramento and its River District. Two sculptures stand on opposite sides of Richards Boulevard at North 12th Street. Their intersecting wing forms suggest butterflies and create changing view frames as people move around the intersection. The artist dates the project to 2021–2022. Pattern-cut weathering steel makes the wings both structural and decorative, with LED lighting extending their presence after dark.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2021–2022
- Materials
- weathering steel, metal-clad concrete, LED lighting
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Each sculpture 36.5 ft tall; wings over 11 ft wide; base 6 ft square.
- Dimensions apply to
- Per-sculpture and base dimensions, not overall gateway width.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2021–2022
Richards Boulevard at North 12th Street, Sacramento, California
- Site
- North 12 Street Gateway, Richards Boulevard at North 12th Street
- City
- Sacramento
- State / region
- CA
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
Each sculpture rises 36.5 feet, with wings wider than eleven feet and a six-foot-square metal-clad concrete base. JunoWorks fabricated the work; CRAFT | Engineering Studio engineered it; Sacramento's Office of Arts + Culture sponsored it through Art in Public Places.
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Sources
- vickiscuri.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17