Mark di Suvero Rumi and Huru

Rumi is a typical work by Mark di Suvero (b. 1933, Shanghai, China). Made of I-beams and steel plates, it is large, metal and abstract. It stands 25 feet high and weighs approximately 4 tons. Created between 1990 and 1992, Rumi pays homage to a 15th-century Persian poet of the same name.

Huru, meaning “hello” and “goodbye” in an Aboriginal Australian language, also is made of I-beams, but in a form reminiscent of a person with extend arms—a greeting for “hello” or “goodbye”.