Thursday will mark the official unveiling of "R-Evolution" at Market and Steuart streets along the Embarcadero. The 45-foot-tall statue has appeared at Burning Man and Las Vegas. Her message is women's empowerment, according to artist and Berkeley native Marco Cochrane.

There's a new sculpture in San Francisco, and it's gigantic. The city officially unveiled “R-Evolution,” a massive sculpture of a woman at Embarcadero Plaza, on Thursday near the Ferry Building. The sculpture stands 45 feet tall and weighs about 32,000 pounds.

The 45-foot-tall sculpture of a woman will be a prominent featured along the Embarcadero in San Francisco for the next few months.