A rocketship about to blast off from Manhattan Beach
Artist Jimmy Descant’s sculpture “Reverse Prometheus” is on display in front of the Manhattan Beach Art Center until July. Photo Where others see junk, Jimmy Descant sees rocketships. Descant saw his first rocketship 20 years ago at a flea market in his hometown of New Orleans in the canister of a vintage Kenmore vacuum cleaner. It was then that Descant, who had been working as a band roadie, became “a full-time sculptor.” “I just started building wild creations,” he said, adding that he was “all self-taught.” One of those creations made its way to Manhattan Beach last July as part of the city’s Sculpture Garden Program after Descant saw an application online. The sculpture, titled “Reverse Prometheus,” is slated to be in its spot in front of the Manhattan Beach Art Center on Manhattan Beach Boulevard until this July. Descant hopes to sell it to the city or another local buyer, but if it’s not bought in time, it will travel north to Yountville, California for a two-year loan to that city. Martin Betz, Manhattan Beach’s cultural arts manager, said that the city didn’t have any plans to buy the $25,000 sculpture. Bottom of the rocket. Photo Descant, whose work uses found objects…
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