Art Installations, Sculpture, Contemporary Art

Anish Kapoor: "Cloud Gate", sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park, 2004

Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It is 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons).
Said to have been inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture's surface reflects and distorts the city's skyline. Visitors are able to walk around and under Cloud Gate's 12-foot (3.7 m) high arch. On the underside is the "omphalos" (Greek for "navel"), a concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections. The sculpture builds upon many of Kapoor's artistic themes, and is popular with tourists as a photo-taking opportunity for its unique reflective properties.

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'The Bean' (Cloud Gate) - sculpture of Anish Kapoor based in Chicago has recently been transformed to a giant projector of digital light and geometrical ornaments. Called 'Luminous field' a temporary installation by 'Luftwerk' (Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero) projects video and sound on the surrounding area, creating a light show in Chicago's Millennium Park.

http://www.anishkapoor.com/