Leaf on the Wind

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Cloud Gate
2004/2006
Sculptor: Anish Kapoor
Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, USA

Known affectionately as “The Bean,” the Cloud Gate stands at 33 feet by 66 feet by 42 feet, and weighs in at 110 tons. Indian-born, London-based artist Anish Kapoor used liquid mercury as the inspiration for the sculpture, which distorts and manipulates images reflected on its surface. A little known fact is that it’s actually hollow inside!

What do you think? Art, or eyesore?

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  I have seen it but I’m like the only one without a picture of my reflection in it haha. I’ve seen it like once and I...
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  As a piece of public...interactive art- I believe that it is totally effective. I got to...
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  I love the Bean!! :)
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  Omg I love the bean. I went to it everyday when I was in Chicago for starship
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  I have seen and interacted with The Bean in person. Cloud Gate is a fabulous piece of interactive public art.
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  I saw this from a distance this summer, but they didn’t let us stop and see it. :/
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