Camel Rides in Venice, Robin Murez, 2015, Main Street @ Sunset Ave

This lifesize steel sculptural installation is a re-creation of a photograph from 1905 depicting live camel rides in Venice. The adjacent signage reads:

"CAMEL RIDES IN VENICE BEACH Mr. Abbot Kinney created Venice of America in 1905 as a mash up of Venice, Italy and Coney Island. He built miles of canals, Italian architecture, dance and concert halls, a salt water plunge, wild roller coasters, and, in time for the grand opening, he brought amusements from the Chicago and St Louis Worlds Fairs... including: "Streets of Cairo," with its LIVE CAMEL RIDES. My topiaries recreate this snapshot of that colorful time."

The figures include: a man leading a camel with 2 women riders atop, with a boy and a girl running behind. Signage with the etched historic photgraph is adjacent.