"Agora" by Magdalena Abakanowicz (2003) (Chicago, Illinois)
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art -(to be removed, see EN descr.), sculpture, interesting place
"Agora" consists of 106 hulking cast iron sculptures shaped like wrinkled human lower bodies, each about 3 meters tall and weighing about 680 kg. Commissioned by the Polish government and funded in part by Robin Williams, it took the artist, Magdalena Abakanowicz, two years to make them.
www.abakanowicz.art.pl/
www.abakanowicz.art.pl/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Abakanowicz#Agora
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°52'5"N 87°37'24"W
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- Meigs Field (site) 1.1 km
- Butler Field 1.4 km
- Chicago Athenaeum's International Sculpture Park 41 km
- Kosciuszko Park 129 km
- Howell Park 154 km
- Dixon Riverfront Heritage Crossing 155 km
- Gladwin City Park 345 km
- Lakenenland 516 km
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- Museum Campus 1.2 km
- Monroe Harbor 1.2 km
- Chicago Loop 1.2 km
- Near South Side 1.3 km
- McCormick Place 1.9 km
- Chicago Harbor 2.4 km
- Douglas 3.8 km
- Burnham Park 4.8 km
- Bronzeville 4.8 km
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