This sculpture stands atop a CVS Pharmacy in a mixed used residential and commercial building. Although controversial when it was first constructed, it is now a Venice landmark.

The clown was originally built in 1988 as a gallery piece for a local art museum, with aluminum, steel, and painted fiberglass. Sculpture Jonathan Borofsky's intent was to capture a festive street performer mashed up with a "formal classical ballet dancer." You have to visit Venice Beach, a town of contradictions, to understand how this eccentric piece is right at home there.

An electric motor makes the right leg execute a slow kick. It was turned off in 1990 (the building tenants complained that it was noisy), but restored in 2014. The sculpture is 9 meters tall.