Phoenix Rising
Karen Sontag
Cast Iron Base Level
James Brenner and Hans Wolfe
Government Center
Minneapolis, MN
1996
This is a 4,000-pound sculpture created in 1996 from melted down guns. A 1992 gun collection program in Hennepin County brought in 6,109 guns in six days. The guns were melted down to create the sculpture, a literal interpretation of the mythical phoenix that rises from the ashes.