Clown Ballerina of Venice Beach

One of the curiosity of Venice Beach (besides the boardwalk, the freak show, the canals, Abbot Kinney, Muscle Beach, The Drum Circle, etc) is the Clown Ballerina.

Featured in Californication with David Duchovny in the role of Hank Moody, the 'Ballerina Clown' is a sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky located above the CVS pharmacy at Rose and Main Street in Venice, CA near the boardwalk.

From Borofsky’s website:

"…Ballerina Clown was fabricated in 1989 out of aluminum, steel, fiberglass and an electric motor that activates the extended kicking leg….This sculpture is an accommodation or resolution of opposites in one. Not only does this image bring the male and female together into one figure, but also, two opposite types of performers are represented: the formal classical ballet dancer and the traditional street performer…this public sculpture pushes the envelope in “taste”, but if you have ever walked the Venice Boardwalk on a Sunday afternoon, you might understand why this figure is right at home."

Enjoy the pics!
And to quote Hank Moody in Californication :
"A morning of awkwardness is far better than a night of loneliness."


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