Metalmorphosis, by Czech artist David Černýa, is a mirrored sculpture housed in the Whitehall Technology Park in Charlotte, North Carolina. The creation consists of nearly 40 steel pieces grouped into 7 segments which independently rotate 360 degrees. When the segments are aligned, the sculpture appears to be a giant, silver head with all of the usual fixtures in their regular places.
Charlotte – Metalmorphosis Face On
Affectionately known as “Disco Chicken” by area residents, the shimmering Firebird sculpture was installed in 2009, and stands at the entrance of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. The statue stands over 17 feet tall and weighs over 1,400 pounds. The entire statue is covered from top to bottom in over 7,500 pieces of mirrored and colored glass. The piece was created in 1991 by French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle.
Charlotte – Firebird Sculpture
An appropriate quote on man being on harmony with the rhythm of nature on a sculpture at a park in Belfast, Maine
Belfast – Rhythm in the Universe
Belfast – Rhythm in the Universe by Quimby
Variations of Chihuly glass sculptures at Pergola Garden Fiori at Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina
Chihuly at Biltmore – Art in Glass
The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, known as the Quadracci Pavilion, was architect Santiago Calatrava’s first built U.S. project, completed in 2001 on the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, USA. Perhaps its most dramatic feature is a set of “wings” – the Burke Brise Soleil (from the French for “sun breaker”). The Brise Soleil forms a movable sunscreen with a 217-foot that is raised and lowered throughout the day to provide shade to the interior of the museum, while creating a sort of kinetic urban sculpture. The brise soleil is made up of 72 steel fins, ranging in length from 26 to 105 feet, weighing 90 tons. It takes three and a half minutes for the wings to open or close. Sensors on the fins continuously monitor wind speed and direction, and whenever winds exceed 23 mph for more than three seconds, the wings close automatically.
The images show the wings in the open and closed positions.
Burke Brise Soleil
Elephant Sighting in Ulm
It was surprising to see an elephant sculpture on a historical building in Ulm, Germany
Sculpture of Imagination
One can imagine a mother bear holding a cub in this nature-made sculpture at the Garden of Gods in Colorado Springs
