Cold Blue Bean
Being there frequently is a big part of getting "lucky shots"... it was cold, but it's on my way to work... so here it is.
Straight from the Camera.
Here's the standard blurb about The Bean
Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.
Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.
"What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline…so that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will be able to enter into this very deep chamber that does, in a way, the same thing to one's reflection as the exterior of the piece is doing to the reflection of the city around."--Anish Kapoor
12/3/2008 - Apparently this was called "The Winter In Retrospect" - El invierno en retrospectiva. by Yahoo Mexico yesterday. - Sweet!
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rkell0601 [deleted] (47 months ago | reply)
Very nice. Glad you brought your cam with you to work that day
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--Mike-- (41 months ago | reply)
Creative Commons adds value to the internet.... this photo got picked up and used at
www.tooshytostop.com/index.php/2009/01/17/jan uary-11th-17th/
Way cool!
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