The Sculpture is Strapped to a Crane to Prepare for its Hoisting

Never one to shy away from creating works that challenge their audience, Tucker noted in 1988 that "the chasm of incomprehension between public art and its intended audience remains as wide as ever."

"In these circumstances," he continued, "there is a certain pressure on the sculptor to design socially useful work for public commission; failing that, if the artist insists on producing a functionless object or structure, there is the expectation that this intrusive presence be explained in terms of its meaning or symbolism...Over the years, I have developed the belief that the power of sculpture depends on its capacity to suggest many things, without literally embodying a single image."