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Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate”: playing with light and returning to Earth, our finite world

Every day thousands of people play with Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Affectionately nicknamed “the bean” for obvious reasons, the immense mirrored sculpture is made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together and placed on the ground. It’s about 10 meters tall, with a base of about 20 by 13 meters.Continue reading “Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate”: playing with light and returning to Earth, our finite world”

OPALKA 1965/1 – ∞, as a memento mori in the digital age

Roman Opalka wrote the numbers from 1 to 5,607,249. By painting numbers for 40 years, this artist has taken time out of his busy schedule. Surprised, he met the time of science. The numbers from 1 to 5,607,249 painted by Roman Opalka in more than 40 years appear between 1965 and 2011, and follow eachContinue reading “OPALKA 1965/1 – ∞, as a memento mori in the digital age”