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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.

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Guest - Jun 30, 2007 05:12 AM EDT
Reminds me of the spacecraft in the movie "The Navigator." That curved surface makes for an interesting image. Well captured.
Guest - Jun 29, 2007 11:55 PM EDT
I from a suburb of Chicago. Love that bean and yes it does look like liquid mercury.

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