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It's a magnificient piece of sculpture (weights approx 110 ton). You should definitely check it out (Millennium Park) when in Chicago. It magically blends the surroundings into the displaying piece itself. It "changes" with the sky.
It is nick named "The Bean" by the locals.
It's also British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work
installed in the United States. Here is an URL to some more info on
her:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor
Comments and faves
alton.tw, DocZork - restless, Oregon Hiker, phrenophile, and 35 other people added this photo to their favorites.
dragonhead (74 months ago | reply)
great sculpture! city image is always changable so that we could see many incredible and real life.
Farl (74 months ago | reply)
this is stupendous! the reflections are a great part of the effect.
alton.tw (74 months ago | reply)
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this image, Ken. I hope you'll post it to the Public Art and Sculpture groups, too.
Cafeman@Twn (74 months ago | reply)
Thank you, will do that.
DocZork - restless (74 months ago | reply)
wooohhuu thats cool! damn chicago is so far...
* Cati Kaoe * (74 months ago | reply)
Great place^^
andiereihe (74 months ago | reply)
oh my. that's amazing.
n+s (74 months ago | reply)
now this is a location i must shoot for timelapse motion work. wow.
Andy Sum (74 months ago | reply)
Looks like a great place for photos. Looks like a city in a globe.
eatingorange (74 months ago | reply)
Wow! That is a spectacular piece. Nice shot too.
froca (74 months ago | reply)
nice sculpture by frnk gehry
i just saw his show today and it was fantastic
i love it
dan85 (74 months ago | reply)
the bandshell behind is by gehry, but the bean is not...i think its done by an english sculptor but i cant remember his name
lawatha (74 months ago | reply)
Congratulations! This image is currently one of Flickr's most interesting photos for 01 May 2006. (It is on page one of the calendar view.) Would you please add it to the Interestingness pool? It would be a great addition!
joepomata (73 months ago | reply)
Wow! Spectacoular!
hk_traveller (73 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
dalylab (72 months ago | reply)
Great shot! If you have any interest, it'd be terrific to see one of these in the Modern Sculpture pool: flickr.com/groups/modernsculpture
McGun (67 months ago | reply)
absolutely brilliant piece of sculpture!
ihynz7 (36 months ago | reply)
just an fyi, Anish Kapoor is a "he"