Crowdfunded ‘Bronze Bunny’ lands in the Lower Haight

The half-ton sculpture simply named “Bronze Bunny” was created by North Beach artist Jeremy Fish and dedicated Saturday, April 29, in front of the old UC Berkeley Extension building.

“It represents a balance of good and evil, or cute versus creepy, and has been the symbol for my artwork and my gang of friends (‘The Silly Pink Bunnies’) for the last 26 years,” says Fish, 43, of the sculpture that has a skull inside a rabbit’s mouth with its two front teeth bisecting the forehead.

Some 350 donors contributed a total of $70,000 to get it into place, making it the “largest crowd funded public bronze statue in California,” according to an Instagram post Fish published ahead of the statue’s dedication.

Instead of a foundation, or a wealthy collector’s donation, this was financially supported by our fellow citizens, and that makes me very proud.