"Agora" by Magdalena Abakanowicz is located in Grant Park at the corner of Michigan and Roosevelt. It consists of 106 headless and armless cast iron figures created in Poland at the Srem Foundry. Each figure is 9 feet tall and weighs 1100 pounds. You can read more about this public art in Chicago here.
16 comments:
wow they are massive! my boys would have fun running through them lol
That is such a strange sight but really interesting, too! What a great shot, Lois :D
Oh man, I find these a little disturbing, :)
Really nice composition with the city in the background - Love it!
I'm with Darla. Those are disturbing. :(
So very cool!
Interesting sculptures, nice contrast between the sculptures and the houses in the background.
Mmmm.
Visually impressive and thought provoking, also a little creepy..... which makes for public good art I think.
I must be crazy but I sort of like them...maybe these are really aliens walking amongst us? I went to the website but still can't figure out the point or what they are supposed to mean. Perhaps just that the human race goes around in circles and never seems to get very far!
Thats really cool art!! :)
I would love to know the thought behind this most interesting art.
Be well n happy Lois.
~:)
Quite interesting! I've never seen these in person, but I like the looks of them.
Oh, you made my memories come back, our hotel was right in opposite of these headless sculptures. We saw them from our hotelwindow.
Fabulous! I can't put my finger on why I like these figures, but I do. Maybe it is the size and coarseness of the figures, and there being so many of them moving randomly.
I love public art and these are great!
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