Cloud Column
Cloud Column in Houston
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ArtistAnish Kapoor
Year1998 (1998)-2006 (2006)[1]
MediumStainless steel sculpture
LocationHouston, Texas, U.S.
Coordinates29°43′38″N 95°23′27″W / 29.7272°N 95.3907°W / 29.7272; -95.3907

Cloud Column is a monumental stainless steel 2006 sculpture by Anish Kapoor, installed outside Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas, in 2018.[2][3]

The sculpture was completed in England and transported to its current location, The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza, on March 27, 2018.[4]

Some locals have given the artwork the nickname "El Frijol".[5] In Spanish, "frijol" means "bean", which is the English nickname for Kapoor's Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate (2006).

Its dimensions are 351 × 130 × 80 in. (891.5 × 330.2 × 203.2 cm).[6] Kapoor began working on the sculpture in 1998, completing it in 2006.

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References

  1. ^ "Anish Kapoor: Cloud Column", MFAH.org. Accessed: 26 November 2018.
  2. ^ Glentzer, Molly (March 27, 2018). "MFAH's new Anish Kapoor sculpture has landed". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Communications. ISSN 1074-7109. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Glentzer, Molly (November 14, 2017). "Sneak Peek: The new Glassell School of Art". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "MFAH". Archived from the original on 2020-04-07.
  5. ^ "Where to fuel up and wind down during the Chevron Houston Marathon". CultureMap Houston. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  6. ^ "The MFAH Collections".

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