This newly completed sculpture commission by Janet Echelman, changes shape in the wind. 160 feet tall, the sculpture spans 300 feet and suspends over a three-lane highway roundabout on the Atlantic...
This newly completed sculpture commission by Janet Echelman, changes shape in the wind. 160 feet tall, the sculpture spans 300 feet and suspends over a three-lane highway roundabout on the Atlantic coastline in Porto, Portugal. It is credited as the first permanent monumental sculpture to incorporate fluid movement and is called "one of the truly significant public artworks in recent years" by Sculpture Magazine. The sculpture integrates the history of Porto, where a fishing village became an industrial area with smokestacks and tanks. The red and white stripe pattern of the smoke stack referencing elements continues into the sculptural net shape. The shape of the net mirrors the landscape below. The solid, unmoving forms on the ground accentuate the movement and changing forms in the air.
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The huge bunch of morons that commented gives me avery pessimistic view of the the future. you're too many, stupid and keep reproducing like rats! Grim!
Why is it round? It doesn't change shape much. The color is not bright, not shiny, it does not glimmer ... It cannot compete with the blue sky, slow moving white puffy clouds, the many colors of a sunset, nor does it compete with the wind through trees nor the flowing waves of tall grasses in a wind blown field. Perhaps even a fisherman's netting is more beautiful. (Ouch).
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It cannot compete with the blue sky, slow moving white puffy clouds, the many colors of a sunset, nor does it compete with the wind through trees nor the flowing waves of tall grasses in a wind blown field.
Perhaps even a fisherman's netting is more beautiful. (Ouch).