Dream, Public bronze sculpture in San Diego, California, United States
Dream is a 2001 outdoor public artwork by Roberto Salas, installed along the Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade in San Diego, California. It consists of five bronze hand sculptures placed along the pedestrian walkway, each modelled in detail and set against the surrounding buildings and planting. It is one of several works on the promenade commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.
Dream was created by the San Diego artist Roberto Salas and installed in 2001 along the Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade. It is one of several works placed along that pedestrian walkway to commemorate King, alongside Melv Edwards' Breaking of the Chains and Shedding the Cloak by Jerry and Tama Dumlao and Mary Lynn Dominguez.
Dream is one of several works on the Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade, alongside Melv Edwards' Breaking of the Chains and Shedding the Cloak by Jerry and Tama Dumlao and Mary Lynn Dominguez. Walking the promenade, visitors meet Salas's five bronze hands among these other memorials to King.
Dream is one of several Martin Luther King Jr. works along the Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade in downtown San Diego, near the coordinates 32.71, -117.165. The five bronze hands are set at intervals along the walkway, so visitors walk from one to the next rather than viewing a single cluster. The promenade is a pedestrian route, and the sculptures stand outdoors in the open air.
Dream is one of several Martin Luther King Jr. commemorations along the same promenade, alongside Melv Edwards' Breaking of the Chains and Shedding the Cloak by Jerry and Tama Dumlao and Mary Lynn Dominguez. Visitors walking the walkway can compare how different artists treated the same subject.
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