It's a sky blue color, painted for her sponsor, the Sky River Casino. Mufson's rabbit greets riders at the new Chinatown subway station. "Turned out to become this really beautiful way of integrating the art into the community and having a way for artists to have another voice," said Mufson.Įach rabbit was cast in fiberglass from an original rabbit mold at the parade warehouse. Mufson says the idea for painted statues began two years ago when the parade was canceled due to the pandemic. "We wanted them to be larger than life and something that people can enjoy interacting with, taking pictures with," said Mufson. According to an online artist’s statement, “The fai chun on the back of the rabbit reads, from left to right, 動如脫兔 – Move Like a Swift Rabbit (Wishing someone excellent health) and 恭贺新春 – a way of saying Happy New Year.Mufson is helping to coordinate the "Rabbits on Parade" event and the annual Alaska Airlines Feb. You’ll also notice some text on the back. The Golden State Warriors' color scheme, and some love for the Bay Bridge, make this rabbit a great fit to be this year’s Lunar New Year statue at the Chase Center in Mission Bay neighborhood. “It is meant to bring peace and happiness to every family.” Image: Joe Kukura, SFist “‘Peace to Home’ rabbit was painted with lots of love,” artist Robin (Devi) Zhao says in a statement to SFist. The cherry blossoms arrive a little early this year, thanks to this Union Square rabbit who is also peaced-out with blue clouds, Chinese coins, and plum blossoms. PEACE TO HOME RABBIT by ROBIN (DEYI) ZHAO (You’ve seen Mufson’s work in the design of Chinese New Years Parade floats going back many years).Ī post shared by CNY Festival & Parade rabbit is gold representing wealth and prosperity and features a circular pattern on its front symbolizing fortune in the form of traditional Chinese coins and water as 2023 is the year of the water rabbit," an online artist's statement explains. “My ‘auspicious waters’ rabbit was designed to bring feelings of peace, calm, and positivity to the local community,” artist Stephanie Mufson tells SFist. Now it’s got another photo-worthy attraction in this big ol’ bunny with an aqua-blue hue, jade eyes, and pink lotus flowers. The new Chinatown Central Subway station is already perhaps the most Instagrammable Muni light-rail station in the city. Image: Joe Kukura, SFistĪUSPICIOUS WATERS RABBIT by STEPHANIE MUFSONĬhinatown-Rose Pak Station (943 Stockton Street) So SFist went hunting wabbits… And we've got the images and location of each rabbit statue below. (Mufson's rabbit is below.) “The program is a wonderful opportunity for local artists to share their work publicly and it offers SF locals and visitors a chance to go out and explore the city and discover unique works of art.”
This is part of the build-up to the Chinese New Year Festival & Parade (February 4), which you can follow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for updates.Ī post shared by SF CHINATOWN Today the zodiac Animals on Parade project started as a response to lockdown in 2020, it is quickly becoming a new SF tradition that many look forward to,” Parade Guys owner and Rabbit on Parade creative director Stephanie Mufson tells SFist.
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The project is called Rabbit on Parade, and the above map shows where each of these rabbits can be found, plus more information about the artists, and each rabbit’s symbolic backstory.
After the Oxen of 2021 and the Tigers of 2022, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco has once again commissioned several artists for a multi-installation Lunar New Year public art display, spanning across San Francisco, this year to ring in the Year of the Rabbit. The COVID-19-canceled 2021 Chinese New Year Parade jilted San Francisco into a sudden invention that is now an enduring tradition - Lunar New Year zodiac statues being put up all over town. Meet all the rabbit statues just installed around San Francisco to celebrate the Lunar New Year’s Chinese Zodiac Year of the Rabbit - and these intricately designed rabbit monuments now adorn parks, markets, and museums.
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