{"id":2113,"date":"2013-01-23T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2013\/01\/23\/my-hometown-mark-di-suvero-venice-ca\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:52:39","slug":"my-hometown-mark-di-suvero-venice-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/my-hometown-mark-di-suvero-venice-ca","title":{"rendered":"My Hometown: Mark di Suvero (Venice, CA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image-2.jpeg 458w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/image-2-229x300.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In honor of our current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=769\">Skyroom and viewing room<\/a> installations of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/disuvero_bio.html\">Mark di Suvero\u2019s<\/a> works, we are scouring the nation for his monumentally powerful and poetic steel sculptures that have become iconic public landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, what better place to start then in our own backyard? 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