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Miró's Chicago (originally called The Sun, the Moon and One Star) [1] is a sculpture by Joan Miró in Brunswick Plaza, Chicago, United States. It is 39 feet (12 m) tall, and is made of steel , wire mesh , concrete , bronze , and ceramic tile .
Wire sculpture is the creation of sculpture out of wire. The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe. [ 1 ] In the 20th century, the works of Alexander Calder , Ruth Asawa , and other modern practitioners developed the medium of wire sculpture as an art form.
Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of Grainger Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed "The Bean" because of its shape, a name Kapoor later grew fond of. [1]
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The bean-shaped sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor is formally known as “Cloud Gate” and weighs 110 tons (99.8 metric tons). Chicago's iconic 'Bean' sculpture reopens to tourists after nearly a ...
This gallery is currently a cultural hub for Chicago's Polonia, hosting many exhibits, shows and meetings with many famous figures. His career soared in the mid-1990s with his commissions to decorate Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which houses a number of his pieces, and the city's Harold Washington Library .
Chicago’s iconic mirrored Bean sculpture is expected to fully reopen to visitors by the end of June after almost a year of limited access, city officials revealed Thursday. Grainger Plaza, the ...
He studied at the University of Chicago, and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in industrial design in 1937. [1] Lippold worked as an industrial designer from 1937 to 1941. After he became a sculptor, Lippold taught at several universities, including Hunter College at the City University of New York , from 1952 to 1967.