At the top of Wisconsin Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares of the city, you’ll see a large, orange sculpture, known in Milwaukee as “the Sunburst,” although it’s really “The Calling,” by Mark di Suvero.
This sculpture, although admired, is actually a point of contention among local art critics, although the public art of Milwaukee almost always is. In the past, it was merely criticized for being “too industrial,” but in the years since the addition of the Quadracci Pavilion on the Milwaukee Art Museum, critics have looked down on the sculpture for blocking the view of the newer building from Wisconsin Avenue.
