Yesterday
I brought up an alphabetical letter and its relationship to Clouds.
Now another Cloud, Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, this piece of art is a
full dose of metaphorical light.
When
I see Cloud Gate in person any reason for wartime appears ridiculous
because we’re united. As a Chicagoan and former hotel concierge, I know
you’ll share the sculpture’s view with other civil people, that live
somewhere on our globe. In its reflection you see that the clouds and
sky appear so much bigger than us, and that we’re all just human beings.
That’s the real picture. The earth dominates us, is us, and surrounds
us.
You
look around Cloud Gate, and all of a sudden, you can’t help but go
under. This is the sculpture’s 12-foot underbelly, something Kapoor
named an omphalos. In Greek, omphalos means “navel” and according to
Greek legend it’s the world’s center. Kapoor has said, “This piece
hovers between architecture and sculpture. It is a kind of gate, and
when completed, three quarters of its surface will be sky.” Kapoor is
from Bombay India and now lives in London.
Cloud
Gate’s 110 tons sits in Chicago’s Millennium Park. It’s a cinch to get
to. Construction on the piece started in 2004, funding came from
private donations, and I hear it’s quite a workload to maintain.
I
have a book on Millennium Park by Timothy J. Gilfoyle. It highlights
Kapoor’s work and the history of Chicago’s Grant Park, or Millennium
Park.
In summation, Cloud Gate should be listed as a modern day World Wonder.
Sheila Cull
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