Night+Day

tuesday
august 26
If I Was a Sculptor Cork Marcheschi's oversized rosary, constructed from huge round balls that light up at night, will no doubt thrill lots of art lovers at the third annual Gardens Gallery Walk in Yerba Buena Gardens, although St. Patrick's Church, located across the street from the glow-in-the-dark blasphemy, may be less than enthusiastic. The rosary is among 40 life-sized and larger figurative and abstract sculptures by local artists being installed along the Esplanade prior to, and as part of, the walk, which takes place Sept. 4 throughout the gallery-heavy Yerba Buena neighborhood. Some sculptures will be kinetic, some will have sound, and many will be illuminated from within after sunset. Some, like Armando Rascon's surrealist newsstand, in which all the headlines relate to borders and illegal immigration, will be political by nature. The exhibit opens at sunrise daily on the Yerba Buena Esplanade, on Mission between Third and Fourth streets, S.F. Admission is free; call 541-0312.