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Sun God is a statue by French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle

Niki de Saint Phalle, born Catherine-Marie-Agn?s Fal de Saint Phalle was a France sculpture, painting, and film maker....
 located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is a public research university in San Diego, California, California. The school's campus contains 694 buildings and is located in the La Jolla, San Diego, California community....
. The statue is a 14-foot multicolored bird-like creature, perched atop a 15-foot-tall horseshoe-shaped rock pedestal.

Erected in February 1983 as a part of the Stuart Collection
Stuart Collection

The Stuart Collection is a collection of public art on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. Founded in 1983, the Stuart Collection's goal is to spread commissioned sculpture throughout the campus, including both traditional sculptures and integration with features of the campus, including landscape and buildings....
 of public art projects, the fiberglass Sun God has become a unique feature on the UCSD campus. It is located on a grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium, on the eastern periphery of the John Muir College
John Muir College

John Muir College is one of the six undergraduate colleges at the University of California, San Diego . The college is named after John Muir, the environmentalist and founder of the Sierra Club....
 campus.






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Sun God is a statue by French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle

Niki de Saint Phalle, born Catherine-Marie-Agn?s Fal de Saint Phalle was a France sculpture, painting, and film maker....
 located on the campus of the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is a public research university in San Diego, California, California. The school's campus contains 694 buildings and is located in the La Jolla, San Diego, California community....
. The statue is a 14-foot multicolored bird-like creature, perched atop a 15-foot-tall horseshoe-shaped rock pedestal.

Erected in February 1983 as a part of the Stuart Collection
Stuart Collection

The Stuart Collection is a collection of public art on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. Founded in 1983, the Stuart Collection's goal is to spread commissioned sculpture throughout the campus, including both traditional sculptures and integration with features of the campus, including landscape and buildings....
 of public art projects, the fiberglass Sun God has become a unique feature on the UCSD campus. It is located on a grassy area between the Faculty Club and Mandeville Auditorium, on the eastern periphery of the John Muir College
John Muir College

John Muir College is one of the six undergraduate colleges at the University of California, San Diego . The college is named after John Muir, the environmentalist and founder of the Sierra Club....
 campus. Since the 1980s the UCSD Associated Students organization has sponsored an annual event, the Sun God Festival
Sun God (Festival)

The Sun God Festival is an annual campus festival at the University of California, San Diego that usually takes place the sixth or seventh week of the spring quarter....
, with the statue as its official mascot. Over the years numerous visual-arts students have accessorized the statue with items such as sunglasses
Sunglasses

Sunglasses or sun glasses are a visual aid, variously termed spectacles or glasses, which feature lenses that are coloured or darkened to prevent strong light from reaching the eyes....
, a cap and gown
Academic dress

Academic dress or academical dress is a traditional form of clothing for academia settings, primarily Tertiary education and sometimes Secondary schools education, worn mainly by those that have been admitted to a university degree or hold a status that entitles them to assume them ....
, an ID card
Identity document

An identity document is any documentation which may be used to verify aspects of a person's . If issued in the form of a small, mostly standard-sized card, it is usually called an identity card ....
, a large working phallus, and even a nest with eggs painted in the statue's trademark bright colors.

In the initial days when the statue was available, no college volunteered to use it, Muir College accepted it in it's campus.

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