''The Guardian'' is a public artwork by artist Ante Buljan, located at the front of the Redwood City Police Station, in

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, United States.

Description

The artwork is a bronze and granite sculpture, commissioned by Redwood City for the entrance to its police department complex. It was commissioned by the Redwood City Civic Cultural Commission in 1995 as part of new development for the Redwood City Police Station. It is located at the entrance to the police station, a
1301 Maple Street, Redwood City, CA 94063-2766
The artist, Ante Buljan, was born in

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and moved to California at the age of nine. He is a graduate of

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

(psychology), and also studied at

John F. Kennedy University John F. Kennedy University was a private university based in California with offices in Pleasant Hill, San Jose in California; Natick, Massachusetts; and Willemstad, Curaçao. The university was founded in 1965 to offer degrees and certificat ...

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. For several years, he maintained a working studio in the 1870 Art Center in

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References

Outdoor sculptures in California Bronze sculptures in California 1995 sculptures {{California-sculpture-stub