Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, Chicago
Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, Chicago (Photo by Rick)
Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, Chicago
Family Photo :: Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, Chicago (Photo by Mary)
Jess and Dad :: Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, Chicago (Photo by Richard)
Stephanie :: Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, Chicago (Photo by Rick)
Rachelle & Stephanie :: Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, Chicago (Photo by Rick)
Anish Kapoor didn’t reveal the name of his sculpture in Millennium Park until the very last panel was in place and the sculpture was fully assembled. As the sculpture was being built Chicagoans started calling it “The Bean” and the name stuck even after Kapoor announced its name to be “Cloud Gate“.
See also:
» Pritzker Pavilion @ Millennium Park
» Wrigley Square & Millennium Monument @ Millennium Park
» Crown Fountain @ Millennium Park
11 responses so far ↓
1 rachelleb.com // Aug 10, 2004 at 6:45 am
BP Bridge @ Millennium Park
BP Bridge at Millennium Park, Chicago (photo by Rick) BP Bridge at Millennium Park, Chicago Richard on BP Bridge at Millennium Park, Chicago (photo by Rick) BP Bridge in Millennium Park is the only bridge in the world designed…
2 tien // Aug 10, 2004 at 7:45 am
wow, the bean is awesome. the sky looks so great off of it.
we did this project in memphis which should have similar reflections.
3 Nan // Aug 10, 2004 at 8:25 am
cute dress!
4 matt // Aug 10, 2004 at 12:11 pm
I can’t believe how shiny the bean is.
I like that photo of Stephanie crawling under the sculpture - at first when I was scrolling down the page, I only saw her reflection and thought she was Spider-Woman or something! Millennium Park looks like a fun place to visit.
5 rachelleb // Aug 11, 2004 at 6:46 am
yeh, it’s shiny.. but get this.. on the millennium park site it says that the sculpture will be covered on September 13 for approximately two months while polishing is completed.
6 Richard // Aug 11, 2004 at 4:14 pm
So after they are done polishing it will it be shinier than it is now? is it even possible to get more shiny?
7 Jeremy // Aug 12, 2004 at 2:30 pm
No, I read that they’re gonna polish it so that the seams are nearly invisible.
8 rachelle // Aug 12, 2004 at 3:15 pm
oh! the seams aren’t too bad, but if they were even less noticeable that would be awesome.
9 Chicagoist // Dec 17, 2004 at 2:21 pm
Let’s Play ‘Hide the Bean’
Which seems like it would be an easy game, if not very fun. But what about when the bean is 66 feet long and 33 feet tall and weighs 110 tons? That’s when you build a tent around it and pretend that you didn’t rush the unveiling before it…
10 troll du jour // Jan 24, 2005 at 7:33 pm
The Bean sux.
Pourquoi?
11 Chicagoist // May 25, 2005 at 2:57 pm
The Slutty Bean
The Cloud Gate sculpture has finally started her striptease. As you probably know, she put some clothes on in January so that workers could polish and grind her sexy bod. News reports said she’d planned on exposing about 20 percent of herself on Friday…
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