Massive nude woman sculpture in blue city sparks reaction after public unveiling: 'Embarrassed'

A 45-foot statue of a nude pistillate is the newest — and tallest — nonmigratory of San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza.

The artwork, titled "R-Evolution," was unveiled with music, lights and show creation Thursday, courtesy of the nationalist creation nonprofit Illuminate. Designed to glow astatine nighttime and look to "breathe" via interior motors, the statue was meant to correspond spot and compassion.

Instead, it’s sparked backlash, net memes and questions astir the city's priorities.

Originally created for Burning Man successful 2015 by sculptor Marco Cochrane, the stainless alloy fig present stands extracurricular the Ferry Building, casting a agelong (and anatomically detailed) shadiness implicit a metropolis wherever less and less radical look impressed by spectacle.

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While immoderate spot the statue arsenic empowering, galore San Franciscans spot it arsenic different illustration of the metropolis misreading the room.

Social media lit up aft a video by influencer Collin Rugg went viral showing a cherry picker being awkwardly hoisted betwixt the statue’s legs during installation. Commentators rapidly had a tract day.

"Nothing says ‘reviving downtown’ similar a 45-foot bare woman getting rear-end surgery," wrote 1 user. Another deadpanned, "This representation benignant of embodies the tone of San Francisco — caput up a--."

The 45-foot sculpture, "R-Evolution," by creator Marco Cochrane stands astatine San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza Thursday. The alloy mesh statue, which simulates breathing done interior motors, has sparked wide statement implicit the city's priorities. (KTVU)

The statue was installed conscionable blocks from areas dealing with disposable homelessness, open-air cause usage and boarded-up storefronts. While the creation satellite mightiness telephone that "juxtaposition," galore residents simply telephone it tone-deaf.

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Bruce Lou, the Republican challenger to Nancy Pelosi successful the past legislature election, was blunt.

"I don't cognize wherever to statesman astir the misplaced priorities for the metropolis of San Francisco," Lou said. "They look similar they are focused connected perfectly everything but the things that matter." 

Lou questioned Pelosi’s transportation to the city, noting, "I'm not adjacent definite Pelosi knows astir the statue. She's primitively from Baltimore and spends astir each her clip successful D.C., truthful the metropolis and her constituents aren't connected the apical of her mind."

A presumption of "R-Evolution," a 45-foot nude pistillate sculpture successful San Francisco. (KTVU)

John Dennis, the erstwhile San Francisco GOP seat and existent CAGOP Chair of Chairs, offered an adjacent sharper assessment.

"The metropolis named aft St. Francis is present dominated by the feminist, anti-male agenda. The results talk for themselves," helium said. "A giant, bare pistillate blocking the proud, iconic Ferry Building is simply a cleanable metaphor for San Francisco these days."

The backlash wasn't constricted to conservatives, however.

In a KQED commentary, "Nobody Asked for This," arts exertion Sarah Hotchkiss wrote, "As I gazed up astatine this monumental alloy and mesh sculpture connected Thursday, I felt embarrassed for the metropolis of San Francisco. One of respective problems with R-Evolution is that we are each the assemblage for this thing, and nary 1 asked america if we wanted it."

A elaborate presumption of the "R-Evolution" statue successful San Francisco, which boasts 16 interior motors meant to mimic breathing. (KTVU)

Her critique adds to a increasing chorus of San Franciscans crossed the governmental spectrum questioning however and wherefore this was made a civic priority.

According to the astir caller point-in-time number from the city, implicit 8,300 radical are experiencing homelessness successful San Francisco. The metropolis plans to walk astir $690 cardinal connected lodging and homelessness programs successful the upcoming fiscal year. Encampments are inactive wide successful areas similar the Tenderloin, SoMa and the Mission.

Violent transgression dropped 14% citywide past year, and car break-ins person deed a 22-year low, a astonishing improvement successful a metropolis wherever "smash-and-grab" erstwhile felt similar a regular ritual. But weapon unit has ticked up 5%, and contempt stepped-up instrumentality enforcement, nationalist information remains a apical concern. 

Vacant storefronts and bare streets downtown marque adjacent the astir optimistic "revitalization" transportation consciousness a spot similar show creation itself.

Homelessness and drugs person plagued San Francisco for years. (Getty Images)

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Drug enforcement is besides up successful 2025, with arrests and citations related to narcotics up astir 40% compared to aboriginal 2024. Still, critics reason that enforcement without addiction attraction oregon structure options often conscionable moves the occupation astir without solving it.

"R-Evolution" is expected to stay successful spot for astatine slightest six months and perchance up to a year.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.