Ever been to Chicago’s Millenium Park? If so, you’ve probably had some from at the “egg,” more properly known as “Cloud Gate.” My family and I just returned from a perfect three-day trip to Chicago, where we made two visits to “Cloud Gate,” a tremendously fun and interactive sculpture at Millenium Park.
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According to this Millenium Park site, [2]
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.
Cloud Gate invites you both to stand back and view the city and to reach out and touch your own reflection.
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The reflections can be simple, or complex if you enter the arched side of the “egg,”
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or very complex.
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My favorite Cloud gate photos are at night, however.
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It is probably obvious that Chicago is one of my favorite places to visit, for many reasons (see here , [7] here [8] and here). [9]
Thanks to my daughters for helping me with these photos . . .
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