Friday, September 19, 2008

i heart chicago


Nicknamed "The Bean", Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the US. The 110 ton sculpture is forged of seamlessly of highly polished stainless steel, which reflects Chicago's amazing skyline and clouds above. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of it's kind in the world.

2 comments:

jaredingram said...

It's a perfect sculpture at a perfect spot in a perfect park in a perfect city.

How many other sculptures can you say that about? Statue of Liberty?

Katie said...

The bottom picture looks like a drop of water right before it splashes. very cool.